SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 24 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 23, 2023, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Idaho - Third Quarter 2022": * * * From June 2022 to September 2022, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Idaho were 58,556, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 52,078, the U.S. B  more

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

SEATTLE, Washington, May 27 -- 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 announced $500,000 from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of a brownfield site in Idaho, while advancing environmental justice. Idaho's community wil  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, May 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: The fire department at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory is preparing for the 2023 wildland fire season. Before each summer fire season, the INL Fire Department reviews its procedures and lessons learned from previous fires. This ensures firefighters are prepared to protect people, property and the environment at the desert Site from wildland fires.   more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: MOUNTAIN I REGION (IDAHO, MONTANA, WYOMING) There were 24,000 workers hired directly by farms in the Mountain I Region (Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming) during the reference week of April 9-15, 2023, according to the Agricultural Labor Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statis  more