WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Montana had the highest hires rate in October 2023, at 5.4 percent, followed by Alaska (5.2 percent), Delaware (4.9 percent), and West Virginia (4.8 percent). New York and the District of Columbia had the lowest hires rates, at 2.8 percent each. The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of employment. * * * Chart  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissent on Dec. 26, 2023, by Commissioner Mark C. Christie on a decision (Docket No. ER24-232-000) involving N.Y. Transco's application including incentives and return on equity: * * * While I have approved granting incentives to transmission developers in prior cases that generally fit within FERC's existing practices and precedent,[1] I dissent in this case because I agree with th  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire issued the following news release on Dec. 28, 2023: A New York man was sentenced today in federal court in Concord for transporting stolen goods from Home Depot and Lowe's across state lines, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Deshun Jackson, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph N. Laplante to 13 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release. Jackson was also ordered t  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Dec. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on Dec. 28, 2023: Dupray Jordan, age 33, of Binghamton, New York pled guilty yesterday to possessing fentanyl and methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Cha  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Dec. 29, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Matthew G. Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and Edward A. Caban, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (  more