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

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have shifted to soil and groundwater remediation at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) in the homestretch of a cleanup that took down more than 500 aging, contaminated structures. With crews set to finish excavating and removing contaminated soil from the site next year,   more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, May 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs May 7, 2023, marks 60 years since the world lost Dr. Theodore von Karman, but his legacy endures with every wind tunnel, ballistics and engine test conducted in an Arnold Engineering Development Complex facility. The esteemed mathematician, physicist and engineer is credited with helping provide the guidance that led to the construction of the aerospace gr  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release on May 1, 2023: * * * Court orders require three defendants to surrender assets, bar any future deceptive practices * * * As a result of a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, the operators of an alleged credit card debt relief scheme based in Tennessee have agreed to court orders that would permanently ban them from telemarketing and selling debt relief products or services. Sean Austin, John Steven Huffman, J  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: A federal jury convicted three La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, members yesterday of RICO conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, drug trafficking, and destruction of evidence. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, from 2014 until 2021, Jorge Flores, 30, aka Peluche, Kevin Tidwell, 29, aka Miklo, both of Nashville, Tennessee; an  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Inspired by one of the mysteries of human perception, an ORNL researcher invented a new way to hide sensitive electric grid information from cyberattack: Within a constantly-changing color palette. Peter Fuhr, who heads the Grid Communications and Security group at ORNL, was intrigued by synesthesia. This lifelong condition causes some people to experience one sense t  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 6 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Computing pioneer Jack Dongarra has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Dongarra is an R&D staff member in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Computer Science and Mathematics Division and professor emeritus at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he recent  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: As a researcher in power electronics, Shajjad Chowdhury is focused on exceeding capacity. In a lab space at the Department of Energy's National Transportation Research Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, he's developing a novel capacitor and inverter component that will shrink the size and reduce the cost of electric drive units. He sees this as a potential step t  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: An Oak Ridge National Laboratory-developed advanced manufacturing technology, AMCM, was recently licensed by Orbital Composites and enables the rapid production of composite-based components, which could accelerate the decarbonization of vehicles, airplanes and drones. Additive manufacturing compression molding, or AMCM, uses short-fiber-filled polymer and continuous   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: For decades, scientists sought a way to apply the outstanding analytical capabilities of neutrons to materials under pressures approaching those surrounding the Earth's core. These extreme pressures can rearrange a material's atoms, potentially resulting in interesting new properties. A breakthrough resulted in 2022 when researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's   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

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on May 1, 2023: * * * United Furniture Workers Fund A Will Restore Benefits Through Receipt of Special Financial Assistance * * * The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the United Furniture Workers Pension Fund A (United Furniture Workers Fund A). The plan, based in Nashville, Ten  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Growing up in suburban Upper East Tennessee, Layla Marshall didn't see a lot of STEM opportunities for children. "I like encouraging young people to get involved in the kinds of things I've been doing in my career," said Marshall, an electrical engineer in the Enrichment Science and Engineering Division, ESED, of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Isotope Science and Eng  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 2 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Nashville District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Cheatham Lake Resource Management Office is holding a public workshop for its shoreline management plan update. The public workshop is 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 18, 2023, at Ashland City Elementary School Library located at 108 Elizabeth Street in Ashland City, Tennessee. The purpose of this workshop is to provide stakehold  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

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Henry C. Leventis, issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: A Clarksville, Tennessee psychiatrist pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to two counts of making false statements relating to health care matters, announced U.S. Attorney Henry C. Leventis. Dr. James Maures Dodson, 57, pleaded guilty to making false statements to Medicare and TRICARE in connection with two types of criminal activi  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 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: A Tennessee man was found guilty in the District of Columbia today of felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Joseph "Jose" Lino Padilla, 42, o  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

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 Tennessee 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 ef  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