WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * The quits rate (the number of quits during the entire month as a percentage of total employment) for the nation was 2.3 percent in September 2023. Thirty-six states had quits rates of 2.3 percent or higher. Among those with the highest rates were Montana (3.5 percent) and Alaska and Wyoming (3.4 percent each). * * * Chart: State quits rates, Septe  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 5 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: Wednesday, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a coalition of 23 states in a letter to International Shareholder Services ("ISS") and Glass Lewis. The letter urges the companies to follow the law and quit recommending woke investment strategies that jeopardize millions of Americans' retirement security. The companies also wrongfully recommend that banks not disclose why they cl  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Dec. 5 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 16 of her fellow Republican governors sent a letter to President Biden opposing the Chinese Communist Party owning American land. The letter was also sent to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. House and Senate leadership. "Numerous governors and state legislatures have taken action to protect our citizens form the imminent national secu  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 5 -- The Illinois National Guard issued the following news: By Barbara Wilson, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs Office The year was 1990 and a future Illinois National Guard member watched Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm unfold on national television and was inspired to "do something that means something." "I had graduated high school and knew I wanted to go to college but didn't know how I was going to pay for it because my parents couldn't afford it,"   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Dec. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Oscar Villa, 37, from California, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Villa to 240 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he wil  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 5 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief, led by the States of Iowa and West Virginia, in USA v Trump. The brief, which was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, supports the former president's constitutional right to protected political speech. Earlier this fall, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order that restricted forme  more