WASHINGTON, March 3 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-23-0397) on March 1, 2023: In 2022, annual average unemployment rates decreased in 49 states and the District of Columbia, while the rate was little changed in 1 state, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment- population ratios increased in 36 states and the District and were little changed in 14 states. The U.S. jobless rate declined by 1.7 perc  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following news on March 2, 2023: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced $1.4 million in new research aimed at improving equitable access to healthy food. Collectively, this funding, provided by RWJF, gives 14 research institutions the opportunity to leverage restricted data from USDA's Consumer Food Data System to expan  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 3 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen announced his issuance of an executive order banning the state of Nebraska and its contractors from using communications equipment and services produced by Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corporation, Hytera Communications, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, and Dahua Technology and their subsidiaries and affiliates. Each of these companies are owned or controlled by the Chine  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 2 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: Attorney General Raul Labrador today joined a coalition of 21 states, led by Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, in filing an amicus brief before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit supporting the religious liberty and free speech rights of a Louisville wedding photographer to decline to take photographs in a wedding that would go against her sincerely   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 2 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today joined a coalition of 21 states, led by Kentucky Attorney General Cameron, in filing an amicus brief before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit supporting the religious liberty and free speech rights of a Louisville wedding photographer to decline to take custom photographs at a same-sex wedding. "When the state of Col  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 2 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release Feb. 28, 2023: In an effort to protect the Constitution and defend Missourians, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that the United States Supreme Court heard his challenge to the Biden administration's unilateral and unlawful discharge of hundreds of billions of dollars in student-loan debt. At stake is more than the massive $430 billion-plus impact on the federal   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 2 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined a coalition of 21 states in filing a "friend of the court" brief before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit supporting the religious liberty and free speech rights of a wedding photographer to decline to take custom photographs at a same-sex wedding. "Religious freedom and free speech were at the very  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 1 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a coalition of twenty states in filing an amicus brief before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit supporting the religious liberty and free speech of a Louisville wedding photographer. The photographer declined to take custom photographs at a same-sex wedding. The photographer has asked the Sixth Circuit to uphold a f  more