CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 12 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on August 11, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area - June 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent in the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 12 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on August 11, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Detroit Metropolitan Area - June 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.3 percent in the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 12 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on August 11, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area - June 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.0 percent in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. R  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 12 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr has joined a coalition of 21 states opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed new rule on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. The proposal attempts to regulate into closure those plants under the Clean Air Act by imposing more stringent emissions standards. It ignores last year's rebuke from the U.S. Supreme Court in West V  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2023: The National Park Service (NPS) announced today the selection of Carmen Thomson as the new superintendent of Canaveral National Seashore located on the east coast of Florida between Titusville and New Smyrna Beach. Thomson begins her new assignment on Sept. 10. "Carmen is an experienced leader, a strong project manager and an excellent team builder," said  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 12 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen has announced the hiring of Jacy Schafer as his deputy communications director. Schafer was previously vice president of government affairs with Nebraska Cattlemen. She has held prior communications and legislative roles in North Dakota, including with the Soybean Growers Association and U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer. Schafer has a bachelor's degree in agriculture communications from   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 12 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Aug.11, 2023: Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Jim Kamm as the new Tax Commissioner. Kamm, who currently serves as the assistant vice chancellor for the Business and Finance Division at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), will begin leading the Department of Revenue on Sept. 5. "Jim has decades of experience in banking and financial services," said Gov. Pillen. "That, c  more