WASHINGTON, April 1 (TNSper) -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: The Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), has announced the appointment of Alicia Weber as the Regional Attorney of the FLRA's Chicago Regional Office. In this position, Ms. Weber will assist Chicago Regional Director Greg Weddle in the management of personnel and operations relating to the investigation and resolution of unfair-labo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 30 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 29, 2023, entitled "County Employment and Wages in North Dakota - Third Quarter 2022": Employment rose 2.7 percent in North Dakota's only large county, Cass, from September 2021 to September 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 31 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 30, 2023, entitled "North Dakota Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2023": North Dakota had 26,000 job openings in January 2023, compared to 35,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in North Dakot  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will reroute the Wild Rice River through the Wild Rice River Structure March 31 at or near 7:30 a.m. Rerouting the Wild Rice River will be a major milestone for the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota Flood Risk Management Project. After three years of construction, Ames Construction, Inc., will permanently divert the Wi  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 (TNSper) -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following news release on March 27, 2023: The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has announced the appointment of Greg Weddle as the Regional Director of the FLRA's Chicago Regional Office. In this position, Mr. Weddle will be responsible for the investigation and resolution of representation and unfair- labor-practice cases filed under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the Statute) in   more

MANDAN, North Dakota, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Bowers Excavating exposed employees to same hazards that killed 39 US workers in 2022 * * * Twice in 2022, the owner of a Mandan excavation company sat behind the controls of an excavator, supervising employees below as they installed municipal water lines in trenches as deep as 10 feet without protection against deadly collapses, federal workp  more

MINOT AFB, North Dakota, March 31 -- The U.S. Air Force Minot Air Force Base issued the following news: By 1st Lt. Christopher Thibeaux-Moore, 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers and Airmen from the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, operating out of Moron Air Base, Spain, returned home on March 25, 2023. For the past 5 weeks, the world famous 'Bomber Barons' of the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron executed Bomber Task Force missi  more

MANDAN, North Dakota, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 8 issued the following news release: Twice in 2022, the owner of a Mandan excavation company sat behind the controls of an excavator, supervising employees below as they installed municipal water lines in trenches as deep as 10 feet without protection against deadly collapses, federal workplace safety inspectors found. In 2022, trench collapses killed 39 workers, as thousands of  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration issued the following news release: This month, VA's National Cemetery Administration awarded its billionth dollar to states, U.S. territories, and Tribes for the establishment, expansion, improvement, and maintenance of state, territorial, and Tribal Veterans cemeteries. The milestone was reached with a grant of $1,860,775 to the state of North Dakota for the expansion of the North Dakota Veterans C  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 30, 2023: * * * Extreme MAGA House Republicans' Reckless Plan Would Have Devastating Impacts for Hard-Working Families Across North Dakota Cuts would endanger public safety and worsen public health, raise costs for families and students, and harm seniors and veterans in North Dakota--while multi-millionaires and big corporations would get massive tax cuts Today, the White House released a new analysis  more