WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In July 2023, there were a total of 5,841,000 unemployed people and 8,827,000 job openings in the United States, yielding a ratio of 0.7 unemployed person per job opening. The national job openings rate was 5.3 percent. Among the states, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and Vermont each had 0.3 unemployed person per job opening. Job openings  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: Today, Attorney General Bonta's legislation, Senate Bill 2, which was cosponsored by Governor Gavin Newsom, and authored by Senator Anthony Portantino, was signed into law. The bill strengthens California's concealed carry weapons (CCW) law in a manner consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen. The law, wh  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 27 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: * * * Employer Refused to Provide Religious Accommodation for Muslim Employee, Federal Agency Charges * * * Blackwell Security Services, Inc., a hotel and condominium staffing company, violated federal law when it refused to accommodate an employee's religious practice, forcing him to choose between his religion and his livelihood, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportun  more

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 27 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Attorney General Raul Labrador led a coalition of 20 states in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to grant a writ of certiorari to review the Ninth Circuit's widely criticized decision in Johnson v. City of Grants Pass. The decision controversially asserted that the Constitution allows individuals to sleep and camp on sidewalks, playgrounds, and other public lands.  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Sept. 27 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on Sept. 26, 2023: * * * Gov. Doug Burgum today released the following statement after the National Park Service (NPS) announced that the public comment period is now open on its draft environmental assessment related to the herds of wild horses and cattle within Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The public comment period closes Oct. 25. "We continue to urge the National Park Service to mainta  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Charity Weeden will serve as associate administrator for the agency's Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS), effective immediately. Weeden succeeds Bhavya Lal, who left the agency in July, and Ellen Gertsen, who had been serving as the office's acting leader since then. The Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, located at NASA Headquarters in Washington, provides ag  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Sept. 27 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 16 of her fellow Republican governors sent a letter to the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Brenda Mallory opposing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing Regulations Revisions Phase 2. "The stated purpose for the Proposed Rule is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the NEPA process. It fails in both   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The White House issued the following news release: With less than one week before the end of the fiscal year, extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples' lives and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would have damaging impacts across the country--including risking significant delays for travelers and forcing air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Officers to work without pay. During an Extreme Republican Shutdown,   more