WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-22-2366) on Dec. 29, 2022: Unemployment rates were lower in November than a year earlier in 235 of the 389 metropolitan areas, higher in 133 areas, and unchanged in 21 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A total of 150 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 2 areas had rates of at least 10.0 percent. Nonfarm payroll employment incr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office issued the following news: * * * The aquaculture of sea scallops in Maine has been developing for about twenty years. It offers new opportunities for former and existing commercial fishermen. * * * Fishermen are facing numerous threats, including climate change. Aquaculture offers a solution. Maine's wild fisheries have become very focused on the lobster industry.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (TNStalk) -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following statement on Dec. 29, 2022: * * * The Biden-Harris administration released proposed rulemaking to permanently rescind the Trump administration-era "refusal of care" rule. The refusal of care rule would have endangered patients by granting health care workers -- including physicians, nurses, receptionists, EMTs, and call center staff -- the right to deny access to information and health care if t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), issued the following statement on the numerous priorities she championed in the federal government funding legislation for fiscal year (FY) 2023 that was signed into law. "More than $111 million dollar  more