WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Acting Secretary of Labor Julie A. Su issued the following statement after a tentative labor agreement was reached between the United Auto Workers and Stellantis: * * * "Congratulations to the UAW and Stellantis for their dedication and focus in reaching a hard-won tentative agreement. The significance of this historic achievement coming just days after the UAW and Ford reached an agreement cannot be overstated. "This tentative agreement includes a number of important   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In September 2023, unemployment rates were higher than the previous month in 16 states and stable in 34 states and the District of Columbia. Compared with a year earlier, 24 states had jobless rate decreases, 10 states and the District had increases, and 16 states had little change. * * * Chart: State unemployment rates, September 2023, seasonall  more

OAKLAND, California, Oct. 30 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2023: California Attorney General Rob Bonta and New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced leading a coalition of 17 attorneys general in support of the Biden administration's defense of its revised "public charge" regulations, which determine who can obtain or keep legal immigration status. The revised regulations reject harmful Trump-era changes, which caused hardwo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 31 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul and a coalition of 16 other attorneys general defended the Biden administration's revision of the so-called "public charge" regulations, which determine who can obtain or keep legal immigration status. The revised regulations reject harmful changes from the previous administration, which caused hardworking immigrants and their families to avoid or refuse critical h  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 30 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2023: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 17 Attorneys General in support of the Biden administration's defense of its revised "public charge" regulations, which determine who can obtain or keep legal immigration status. The revised regulations reject changes undertaken by the previous administration, which caused hardworking immigrants and  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 30 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 18 other attorneys general in supporting the District of Columbia's (D.C.) efforts to restrict the capacity of firearms magazines within its borders. The coalition filed an amicus brief yesterday in support of D.C. in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, arguing that the district's law that prohibits possess  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 31 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in support of the Biden administration's defense of its revised "public charge" regulations, which determine who can obtain or keep legal immigration status. The revised regulations reject harmful Trump-era changes, which caused hardworking immigrants and their families to avoid or refuse critical health, nutritio  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news release: Attorney General Michelle Henry leads a coalition of 13 Attorneys General in supporting a federal rule proposal that would mandate railroads make available, in electronic form, information regarding hazardous material loads to emergency responders. The Attorneys General, in their letter, also asked for an expansion of Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's prop  more