WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In 2022, labor productivity in the private nonfarm sector declined in 37 states and the District of Columbia. Output increased in 43 states and the District in 2022, while hours worked increased in 48 states and the District. Idaho was the only state to have a rise in labor productivity of greater than 2.0 percent (4.0 percent). * * * Chart: Perc  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 13 (TNSres) -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on June 12, 2023: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented today on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this time. "While below average precipitat  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, June 13 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on June 12, 2023: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office joined a coalition of 19 states in challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") decision to allow California to illegally ban existing tractor-trailers and heavy-duty vehicles by forcing truckers to buy zero-emission trucks and mandating net-zero emissions standards, which would regul  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 13 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED), and the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) encourage Nebraskans to register for the Governor's Ag and Economic Development Summit. This year's event will take place August 8-9, 2023, at the Younes Conference Center North in Kearney. Registration for the Summit is now open at govsummit.nebraska.gov. Trev Alberts, Director  more