CHICAGO, Illinois, March 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 6, 2023, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Nebraska - Second Quarter 2022": From March 2022 to June 2022, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Nebraska were 54,250, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 49,079, the U.S. Bureau of L  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 11 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 10, 2023, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Nebraska - 2022": In 2022, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 4.8 percent in Nebraska, signi  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from the Economics Daily: For Women's History Month, let's look at women's labor force participation rates for 2022. The District of Columbia had the highest women's labor force participation rate, at 66.5 percent, followed by Nebraska (65.5 percent), Minnesota (63.9 percent), North Dakota (63.8 percent), and South Dakota (63.6 percent). * * * Chart: Labor force participatio  more

ROSELAND, Maine, March 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Company Faces $531k In Penalties Nebraska grain-handling company exposed workers to multiple safety hazards * * * A 34-year-old worker's attempt to clean out a Roseland grain silo, in preparation for fall harvest, turned tragic on Sept. 12, 2022, when corn engulfed and asphyxiated him. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupationa  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, March 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Steven A. Russell, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Jeffrey Stenstrom, 42, of Omaha, Nebraska pleaded guilty to a Criminal Information today charging him with Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering. Stenstrom faces a maximum possible punishment of 20 years' imprisonment, a fine of $500,000 or twice the amount of the laundered funds, or both. As part  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 (TNSper) -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy issued the following news release: The Office of Advocacy in the U.S. Small Business Administration is pleased to announce Darcella Craven has been appointed Region 7 Advocate. Representing Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, Craven will help Advocacy reach the midwestern states and ensure that small business in the heartland have their concerns heard. Before joining Advocacy, Craven was the president and  more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, March 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: Aircraft maintainers from the 55th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron achieved a Black-Letters status on RC-135V/W Rivet Joint tail number 4841 March 3, 2023. Black-Letter status is a maintenance term indicating there were no flyable or non-flyable discrepancies annotated in red ink following an inspection, with only the inspector's last name and production superintendent's signatur  more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, March 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: Almost four years after a devastating flood brought 720 million gallons of flood water onto the southeastern portion of the installation, ground was broken on the 55th Security Forces Squadron's new campus March 9, 2023. The $68.5 million campus will eventually bring the Recon Raiders back together as they have been spread across the base in multiple facilities since the March   more

ROSELAND, Nebraska, March 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 7 issued the following news release: A 34-year-old worker's attempt to clean out a Roseland grain silo, in preparation for fall harvest, turned tragic on Sept. 12, 2022, when corn engulfed and asphyxiated him. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration at CHS Inc. - operating as Agri-Service Center Roseland - found the employe  more