CHICAGO, Illinois, May 5 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 4, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area - March 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 5 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 4, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Detroit Metropolitan Area - March 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent in the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 5 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 4, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area - March 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.0 percent in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regio  more

NEW YORK, May 5 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on May 4, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - March 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.6 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commiss  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 5 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 4, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - March 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.9 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics repor  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 5 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that 150,074 North Carolinians who were tricked into paying for free tax services by TurboTax will begin receiving checks from TurboTax's owner, Intuit. The payments are the result of a $141 million multistate settlement that Attorney General Stein reached with Intuit in May 2022. North Carolina consumers will receive $4,582,2  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A method using augmented reality to create accurate visual representations of ionizing radiation, developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been licensed by Teletrix, a firm that creates advanced simulation tools to train the nation's radiation control workforce. Ionizing radiation -- which is linked to cancer and other health problems  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 5 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: Attorney General Gentner Drummond today announced that consumers who were tricked by TurboTax's owner Intuit into paying for free tax services will begin receiving checks from a $141 million multistate settlement announced in May 2022. Approximately 4.4 million consumers nationwide will receive checks in the mail from the multistate settlement. Oklahoma will receive mor  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 5 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: Attorney General Michelle Henry today announced that consumers who were misled by TurboTax's owner, Intuit, into paying for free tax services should soon expect reimbursement from a $141 million multistate settlement. Approximately 4.4 million consumers nationwide will receive checks in the mail as the result of the multistate settlement. Pennsylvania will receive m  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 5 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: Attorney General Alan Wilson today announced that consumers who were tricked by TurboTax's owner Intuit into paying for free tax services will begin receiving checks from a $141 million multistate settlement announced in May 2022. Approximately 4.4 million consumers nationwide will receive checks in the mail from the multistate settlement. South Carolina will receive   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Henry C. Leventis, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: A federal jury in Nashville has convicted a Clarksville, Tennessee, man of drug trafficking and firearms offenses, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis. Mark Ellis, 29, was convicted after a two-day trial of conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute, more than 400 grams of fentanyl; being a convicted   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Kevin G. Ritz, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: Jon Glover, 57, of Millington, was sentenced to federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine and for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. United States Attorney Kevin Ritz announced the sentence today. According to U.S. Attorney Ritz, and the information presented in court, in 2021, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that low-income Tennessee residents in 10 counties (Cannon, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Lewis, Macon, McNairy, Rutherford, Tipton, and Wayne) recovering from tornadoes and severe storms that began on March 31, 2023, could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDA's Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP). Agriculture Secretary Tom   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 5 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: * * * Construction Company Subjected Black Workers to a Racially Hostile Work Environment, Then Fired Them After They Complained, Federal Agency Charged * * * The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, a construction management and general contracting company headquartered in Baltimore, will pay $1.2 million to a class of Black former workers and furnish other relief to s  more