CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 30 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 29, 2023, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Iowa - Fourth Quarter 2022": * * * From September 2022 to December 2022, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 82,624, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Iowa were 81,148, the U.S. Bure  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 30 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 29, 2023, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in South Dakota - Fourth Quarter 2022": * * * From September 2022 to December 2022, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 23,945, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in South Dakota were 23,63  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following Monthly Labor Review article: By Justin Holt In 2021, the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) for children in the United States was 5.2 percent, which was the lowest rate on record. Also, the SPM poverty rates for children from all racial and ethnic groups fell in 2021, and the greatest declines were for Black and Hispanic children. Research shows that this record-low SPM rate was corr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2023: Today, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, and Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu announced the project selections for nearly $3 billion in climate resilience funding as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, a key pillar of Bidenomics. The selections, through   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 30 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the federal government's actions to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for certain federal contractors. The policy was first enacted by presidential executive order in April 2021, and then implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor in November 2021 in the final rule, "Increasing th  more

DECATUR, Illinois, Aug. 30 -- The Illinois Senate Democrats issued the following news: As strong advocates of Illinois' agriculture industry, State Senators Paul Faraci and Doris Turner joined state officials and agriculture leaders at the 2023 Farm Progress Show to support increasing across to mental health services for rural farmers and agriculture communities. "Mental health affects people from all professions -- especially farmers whose job, success and livelihood relies on many things out  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 30 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Attorney General Brown today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the federal government's actions to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for certain federal contractors. The policy was first enacted by presidential executive order in April 2021, and then implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor in November 2021 in the  more

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 30 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the federal government's actions to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for certain federal contractors. The policy was first enacted by a presidential executive order in April 2021, and then implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor in November 2021 in the final rule,   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 10-RC-310377) by Region 10 Director Lisa Y. Henderson: * * * CREATURE COMFORTS BREWING COMPANY, LLC, Employer and BREWING UNION OF GEORGIA, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION The Employer, Creature Comforts Brewing Company, LLC, is a craft brewery based in Athens, Georgia. On January 17, 2023, the Petitioner, Brewing Union of Georgia, filed a representation petition with the National   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56690) involving Combined Metals of Chicago LLC, Elgin, Illinois: * * * Rep Org: Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency Licensee: Combined Metals of Chicago, LLC Region: 3 City: Elgin State: IL License #: IL-02397-01 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Robin Muzzalupo HQ OPS Officer: Donald Norwood Notification Date: 08/22/2023 Notification Time: 14:41 [ET] Event Date: 08/22/2023 Event Time: 00  more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 30 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded schools, requires that schools act to prevent discrimination and harassment on campus. Today a coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia, led by Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, announced that the states have filed an amicus (also known as a friend of the court) brief with the U.S. Ninth Circuit C  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following order (No. 3-21587) on Aug. 29, 2023: * * * In the Matter of ARCHIPELAGO TRADING SERVICES, INC. Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING ADMINISTRATIVE AND CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 15(b) AND 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AND A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate and in  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California posted the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: The Justice Department today announced a multinational operation involving actions in the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Romania, and Latvia to disrupt the botnet and malware known as Qakbot and take down its infrastructure. The Qakbot malicious code is being deleted from victim computers, preventing it   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2023: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing $808 million to help rural cooperatives and utilities build and improve electric infrastructure and increase electric grid reliability and security, connecting hundreds of thousands of people in rural areas. This funding will also help provide clean drinking water and sanitary wastewater s  more