DALLAS, Texas, March 18 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 17, 2023, entitled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions - December 2022": Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $35.52 per hour in the South to $46.57 in the Northeast in December 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from the Economics Daily: From December 2022 to January 2023, five states had over-the-month unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which were in Arizona and Nebraska (-0.2 percentage point each). Two states and the District of Columbia had over-the-month increases, the largest of which was in the District (+0.2 percentage point). Forty-three states had jobless rates tha  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on March 17, 2023: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer 3 Larry A. Zich, 24, of Sturgis, South Dakota, killed during the Vietnam War, was accounted for Oct. 25, 2022. In April 1972, Zich was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 37th Signal Battalion, 1st Signal Brigade. On April 3, a UH  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on March 17, 2023: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. Gregory V. Knoll 22, of Hill City, Kansas, killed during World War II, was accounted for Jan. 3, 2023. In November 1944, Knoll was assigned to Company M, 3rd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. His battalion had been tasked with capturing the town o  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 17 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: Governor Ron DeSantis and the governors of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming formed an alliance to push back against President Biden's environmental, social, corporate governance (ESG) agenda that is destabilizing the American e  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement posted the following news release: Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Taekuk Cho and U.S. Attorney Steven Russell announced that a federal judge found Servando V. Urias, 48, of Mexico, guilty of conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine. The guilty plea followed a joint investigation between HSI and the Lancaster County Sheriff's Offic  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on March 17, 2023: The Department of the Interior announced nearly $50 million in new allocations from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support wildland fire management in fiscal year 2023. The funding will advance collaborative wildfire risk management efforts with private landowners, Tribes, states and local governments, help communities acquire slip-on tank units to operate vehicle  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA is awarding more than $3.8 million to 21 museums, science centers, and other informal education institutions for projects designed to bring the excitement of space science to communities across the nation and broaden student participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). Projects were selected for NASA's Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) program and TEAM II Commu  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Daniel Parry, Corporate Communications, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory conducted the first American satellite program, named Project Vanguard, between 1955 and 1959, becoming the prototype for much of what developed as the U.S. space program. On March 17, 1958, the Vanguard I satellite was launched into Earth orbit. Vanguard I was the first solar-powered satelli  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, March 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Steven A. Russell, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: United States Attorney Steven A. Russell announced that Michael Ray Ernst, 65, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today to five years' imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual (pure) methamphetamine by Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard. Following his release from prison, Ernst will serve fo  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, March 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Steven A. Russell, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that after a three-day jury trial in Lincoln, Nebraska, before Senior United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard, Servando V. Urias, 48, of Mexico, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Cocaine. The evidence presented at trial revealed that on August 28, 2019, a codefendant   more