BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Malmstrom Air Force Base (341st Missile Wing) issued the following news: Air Force Global Strike Command members from the Studies, Assessments, Analysis and Lessons Learned Directorate and the Data Analytics Collaboration Cell executed their first field test of the 13N Force Assessment Scheduling Tool, or FAST, at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, Aug. 15-17. Operators and support personnel from the 90th Operations Group collaborated w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office today conducted a competitive oil and gas lease sale offering 19 parcels covering 8,061.61 acres in North Dakota. In total, all parcels sold for $2,474,616. The environmental assessment, maps, parcel lists, Notice of Competitive Lease Sale and proposed lease stipulations are available online at the BLM's ePlanning we  more

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 12, 2023, entitled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions - June 2023": * * * Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $36.11 per hour in the South to $47.54 in the Northeast in June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 13, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - August 2023": * * * Area prices rose 0.2 percent in August, up 3.4 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.2 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of La  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. P60-279) by Gloria Guzman and Melissa Kollar entitled "Income in the U.S.: 2022." Here are excerpts: * * * Contents INTRODUCTION ... 1 Highlights ... 1 HOUSEHOLD INCOME BY SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS ... 2 All Households ... 2 Type of Household ... 2 Race and Hispanic Origin ... 2 Age of Householder ... 2 Nativity ... 3 Region ... 4 Residence ... 4 Educational Attainment ... 4 INCOME INEQUALITY   more

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 14 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: Attorney General Raul Labrador announced today a settlement with Tempoe, LLC, resolving a multistate investigation into Tempoe's advertising and leasing to consumers through retailers across the nation. The multistate investigation--which included 41 states and the District of Columbia--revealed that Tempoe's marketing and sales practices often misled consumers to believe they   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 14 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in 17 counties are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Jeffrey Lusk of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary counties that began Aug.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the text of the following Director's Blog on Sept. 14, 2023: * * * Twenty-seven states had a higher percentage of people with health insurance coverage in 2022 than in 2021 according to American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. In terms of uninsured rates, or the rate of people without health insurance, Maine was the only state where the uninsured rate increased (up to 6.6% in 2022,   more