NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Nov. 2, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - September 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Region  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Nov. 2, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - September 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.7 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commiss  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 3 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 2, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area - September 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.6 percent in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics repo  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 3 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 2, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area - September 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.5 percent in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metropolitan area for the year ended September 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regio  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 3 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 2, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the San Jose Metropolitan Area - September 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.3 percent in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 3 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 2, 2023, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area - September 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.3 percent in the Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * From September 2022 to September 2023, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 36 states and was essentially unchanged in 14 states and the District of Columbia. Three states had increases of at least 3.0 percent: Nevada (+3.4 percent), Texas (+3.2 percent), and Idaho (+3.0 percent). * * * Chart: Change in nonfarm employment by state, September 20  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Nov. 3 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following remarks on Nov. 2, 2023, by Board Member Rodney E. Hood at the 2023 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion summit: * * * I'm delighted to be here today, and I'm particularly excited by the level of participation at this year's summit. When we hosted the first NCUA DEI Summit here in 2019, it was a one-day event. And while that was one of the things we launched under my chairmanship, of which I'm proudest, a  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Nov. 3 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: Strategies for strengthening rural communities amid demographic shifts is the topic of an economic development conference, "Investing in Rural Prosperity: Successful Approaches to Demographic Shifts," set for Nov. 14-15 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. "While subject to significant regional variation, Federal Reserve research highlights the population in many rural communities is getti  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 3 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Nov. 2, 2023: On Wednesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti sent a letter joined by 19 other state attorneys general commenting on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) "Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace." Under the guise of protecting the gender-identity preferences of employees, EEOC has put forth sweeping new Title VII guidance that  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Nov. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A former Jackson lawyer and a former Jackson lobbyist were sentenced for conspiracy to defraud investors in a timber deed investment scheme. On October 31, 2023, former lawyer Jon D. Seawright, 51, of Jackson was sentenced to serve twelve months and one day in prison, followed by two years of supervised release. Former lobbyist Ted Brent Alexander, 58, of   more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Nov. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Gulfport woman pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 264 grams of pure methamphetamine. Mary Lou Harmon, 61, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, agents received information that Harmon was receiving and distributing narcotics at an address in D'Iberville, Mississippi. On July 8, 2020  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Nov. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Jackson County man pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute 70 grams of methamphetamine. James Richard Morgan, 42, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agents utilized a confidential informant to purchase 70 grams of 42% purity metham  more