ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 2 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: On Monday, Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined 26 other states in an Iowa and Utah-led letter to the Biden Administration, supporting Texas's border defense. "The lack of resolve by the federal government under the current administration is causing a catastrophe at the border that is impacting law abiding Americans across our country," said Governor Mike Dunleavy. "I'm   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 2 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 1, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in the Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statis  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 2 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 1, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Miami Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.5 percent in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics repor  more

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 2 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 1, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Dallas Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.5 percent in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assist  more

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 2 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 1, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Houston Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.2 percent in the Houston-The Woodlands, TX, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * From December 2022 to December 2023, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 30 states and was essentially unchanged in 20 states and the District of Columbia. The largest percentage increases occurred in Nevada, at 3.8 percent, followed by Idaho and South Dakota (+3.0 percent each). * * * Map: Change in nonfarm employment by state, December 2022   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Feb. 2 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody is calling on Congress to defund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for ties to terrorism. The call comes after troubling details emerged around UNRWA employees with ties to designated terrorist organizations and antisemitic activity. Attorney General Ashley Moody said, "UNRWA has long been sympathetic to Islamic Jihad and other designated terrorist gro  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 2 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson led a 26-state coalition in a letter to U.S. Congressional leadership today, calling for them to defund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency ("UNRWA") for ties to terrorism. On January 26, UNRWA announced it fired more than a dozen employees for participating in the Hamas terrorist massacre against Israel on  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Cybersecurity threats faced by local governments and municipal authorities were the focus of a public hearing today held by the Senate Communications and Technology Committee, chaired by Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-24), and the Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by Sen. Rosemary M. Brown (R-40). Recent cyberattacks targeting the Bucks County emergency dispatch system  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: Low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are available to businesses and residents in West Virginia following the announcement of a Presidential disaster declaration due to severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides occurring on Aug. 28-30, 2023. "SBA's mission-driven team stands ready to help West Virginia small businesses and residents impact  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming issued the following news release: Traquevis Dewayne Hardy, age 46, of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in Wyoming. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl imposed the sentence on Jan. 30. Hardy was indicted by a federal grand jury and pleaded not guilty in May 2023. Hardy was tried and convicted by a federal jury in October 202  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: DENVER - Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 18 and 45. In calendar year 2023, DEA seized nationally more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. This is the most fentanyl seized by DEA in a single year and amounts to more than 386 million deadly doses of fentanyl pr  more