WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Unemployment rates were higher in August in 10 states, lower in 2 states, and stable in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Twenty-five states had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, 9 states and the District had increases, and 16 states had little change. The national unemployment rate, 3.8 percent, rose by 0.3 percentage point over t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nevada, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: In case you missed it, 17 Republican governors, led by Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo and Utah Governor Spencer Cox, sent a letter today to the Biden Administration criticizing efforts to make the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) less efficient, less effective, invite litigation, and fail to fully consider state-specific information in the NEPA process. Led by Nevada Governor Joe Lom  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to the town of Pineville, West Virginia, for sewer system upgrades and construction of a new water treatment plant. This project will support current business operations and provide for continued indus  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The White House issued the following news release: With just days left 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 delaying long-term disaster recovery and undermining preparedness in communities across the country. Their partisan approach stands in stark contrast to the Senate's bipartisan pr  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon has sent a letter to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning requesting the BLM withdraw its Rock Springs Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) with its conservation-dominated Preferred Alternative. The draft RMP covers 3.6 million acres managed by the BLM's Rock Springs Field Office. The Governor is requesting the BLM withdraw the plan and resubmit a new prefe  more