WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 96 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 293 areas from February 2022 to February 2023. The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Midland, Texas (10.1 percent), followed by Odessa, Texas (6.6 percent), Pocatello, Idaho (6.3 percent), and Rome, Georgia (6.0 percent). * * * C  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct its biannual Agricultural Labor Survey in April. The survey will collect information about hired labor from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington farmers and ranchers. NASS will publish the data May 24 in the Farm Labor report available on the NASS w  more