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 15 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news brief: * * * Who: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration The National Safety Council-Nebraska Chapter. What: Alliance On March 7, 2023, OSHA Omaha Area Director Matt Thurlby and National Safety Council Nebraska Chapter President Eric Koeppe signed an alliance to train employers and workers on common hazards for workers in general ind  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

OMAHA, Nebraska, March 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Steven A. Russell, issued the following news release on March 13, 2023: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Jeremy D. Sanders, 32, and Lakeda R. Sanders, 27, husband and wife, both of Newnan, Georgia, were sentenced on March 10, 2023, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, by Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. Jeremy Sanders was sentenced to four years of probation, including thre  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