WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * New Hampshire had the lowest jobless rate in July 2023, 1.7 percent. The next lowest rates were in Maryland and Vermont, 1.8 percent each. The rates in these three states set new record lows, as did the rates in the following eight states: Alabama (2.1 percent), Louisiana (3.4 percent), Massachusetts (2.5 percent), Mississippi (3.0 percent), Ohio (  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * From May 2023 to June 2023, quits rates decreased in 16 states, increased in 1 state, and were little changed in 33 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in quits rates occurred in Maine (-1.2 percentage points) and Delaware (-1.0 percentage point), as well as in Alabama and Vermont (-0.9 percentage point each). The quits rate   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Champlain Valley Equipment must also pay over $145K in back wages, damages * * * In early June 2022, an employee of a Vermont company that sells and services agricultural equipment observed their employer pumping wastewater from the facility's service bays onto the ground bordering the Winooski River in Berlin. The employee reported their conce  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont, Nikolas P. Kerest, issued the following news release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Melvin Hill, 44, of Tignall, Georgia, was convicted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Rutland on five drug and gun charges after a week-long jury trial. Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford ordered that Hill remain in jail pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled. Hill has been   more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont, Nikolas P. Kerest, issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office stated that Victor Francisco Lopez-Padilla, 35, of Trenton, New Jersey, will be arraigned in the District of Vermont before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle on August 29, 2023. He is charged in a two-count indictment that alleges he and codefendant Simon Jacinto-Ramos conspired to commit human-smuggling offenses and  more