WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: APHIS' Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program in Idaho has posted its 2023 first quarter report (January 1 - March 31). The report updates program activities and eradication progress, and provides quarterly and aggregate regulatory, survey, and laboratory data. The PCN Eradication Program is a cooperative  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 6 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 5, 2023, entitled "Women's Earnings in Idaho - 2021": * * * In 2021, Idaho women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $796, or 81.3 percent of the $979 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commission  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: Over the year from March 2022 to March 2023, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 42 states and was essentially unchanged in 8 states and the District of Columbia. The largest percentage increase occurred in Nevada (+5.0 percent, an increase of 73,000), followed by Florida (+4.5 percent) and Texas (+4.3 percent). Employment also increased by at least 3.0  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 2, 2023: * * * MAGA House Republicans' Default on America Act Would Have Devastating Impacts for Idaho Extreme bill would cut veterans' health care, jeopardize public safety, and raise costs for families--even as House Republicans separately push for trillions in tax cuts skewed to the wealthy and big corporations Congressional Republicans are holding the nation's full faith and credit hostage in an effort  more