WASHINGTON, May 27 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-23-1090) on May 25, 2023, entitled "Productivity by State - 2022": * * * Labor productivity in the private nonfarm sector declined in 37 states and the District of Columbia in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Output increased in 43 states and the District. Hours worked increased in 48 states and the District, and declined in Minnesota and Nebra  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: * * * EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $2,500,000 from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in Tennessee while advancing environmental justice. EPA selecte  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 (TNSper) -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued the following news release on May 26, 2023: * * * June 1st meeting to address a wide range of community banking issues * * * The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today announced eight new members of the agency's Advisory Committee on Community Banking: * Thomas Bates, President & CEO, Legends Bank, Clarksville, Tennessee * Michael Culhane, President & CEO, North Cambridge Co-operative Bank, Cambridg  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 26 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr has joined a 19-state coalition in urging the Biden administration to follow the law and not unilaterally expand executive power to raise or ignore the debt ceiling without congressional approval. The President recently asserted publicly that the executive branch has this authority under the 14th Amendment. It does not. "President Biden does not have the authority to r  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 26 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Attorney General Raul Labrador sued Michael D. Lansky, LLC, which does business under the name Avid Telecom, its owner Michael Lansky, and its vice president Stacey S. Reeves, for allegedly initiating and facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to millions of people and violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, and other federal and state telemarketing and c  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending May 25, 2023: * * * US In the week ending May 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 229,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 17,000 from 242,000 to 225,000. The 4-week moving average was 231,750, unchanged from the previous week's revis  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 26 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led a coalition of 16 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief at the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in support of two employees who sued Springfield Public Schools (SPS) for unconstitutional diversity, equity and inclusion trainings that took place in 2020. The employees assert that SPS violated their rights when   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 26 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in opposing President Biden's attempt to unilaterally expand executive power to raise the debt ceiling without congressional approval. This letter comes after President Biden asserted incorrectly that the 14th Amendment vests this authority into the executive branch. "President Biden is yet again   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 27 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A study led by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could uncover new ways to produce more powerful, longer-lasting batteries and memory devices. The research examines the causes behind the ordering, or pattern formation, of ions that carry a positive charge, also called cations, in double perovskite oxides, a type of metal  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 27 -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order opening rulemaking proceeding (Docket No. 23-00030) on May 26, 2023: * * * In Re: Rulemaking To Amend Tenn. R. & Regs. 122004-11 Et Seq. To Incorporate References For Unsolicited Text Messages In Accordance With Public Chapter 126 (2023) ORDER OPENING A RULEMAKING PROCEEDING TO PROMULGATE RULES TO INCORPORATE REFERENCES FOR UNSOLICITED TEXT MESSAGES This matter came before the Tennessee Public   more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 27 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard are continuing to work together to secure the border; stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people into Texas; and prevent, detect, and interdict transnational criminal behavior between ports of entry. Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to over 377,000 illegal immigrant ap  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on May 26, 2023: A Kentucky man was sentenced yesterday for a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 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 2020 presidential election. Nicholas Brockoff, 22, of Covington, Kentucky, was sen  more