DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Arkansas - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force was 6.2 percent in Arkansas, whic  more

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Louisiana - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force was 6.8 percent in Louisiana, wh  more

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in New Mexico - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force was 7.2 percent in New Mexico,   more

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Oklahoma - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force was 6.6 percent in Oklahoma, whic  more

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Texas - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force was 7.4 percent in Texas, significan  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Colorado - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.5 percent i  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Kansas - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.2 percent in   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Missouri - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.5 percent i  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Montana - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 6.1 percent in  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Utah - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.4 percent in Ut  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Wyoming - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.6 percent in  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today hailed a new national report from Brady showing that, for two years in a row, none of New Jersey's firearms dealers were cited by the federal government for selling the most crime guns, a typical indicator of gun violence and gun trafficking. New Jersey shares this status with just three oth  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today hailed a new national report from Brady showing that, for two years in a row, none of New Jersey's firearms dealers were cited by the federal government for selling the most crime guns, a typical indicator of gun violence and gun trafficking. New Jersey shares this status with just three other states. "In  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 27 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, and Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes today led a 22-state coalition in a letter to the Biden Administration, demanding that it locate the thousands of missing migrant children it lost and quit handing them to probable traffickers. The Biden Administration lost more than 85,000 migrant children in just   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Family Dollar Stores LLC pleaded guilty today to holding food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics under insanitary conditions, related to a rodent infestation at the company's West Memphis, Arkansas, distribution center. A criminal information unsealed today in federal court in Little Rock, Arkansas, charged Family Dollar with one misdemeanor count of causing FDA-regulated products to b  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Feb. 27 -- Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Mississippi, issued the following State of the State address on Feb. 26, 2024: * * * Today, Governor Tate Reeves gave his 2024 State of the State Address. Below is the full transcript, as prepared. * * * Full Transcript: Thank you, Lieutenant Governor Hosemann and Speaker White. To the members of the legislature and other elected officials - thank you. Thank you for what you do every single day to make Mississippi an even better place to  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Feb. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Lawrenceville, Georgia man pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 251.5 grams of methamphetamine. According to court documents, on May 15, 2023, Martin Louis Williams was pulled over by law enforcement in a traffic stop on Interstate 10 in Hancock County. A subsequent search of the vehicle yielded 1000 pills stamped with a "Facebook" lo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- President Biden issued the following statement on the loss of two Mississippi National Guardsmen: * * * Jill and I mourn the loss of two Mississippi National Guardsmen, whose aircraft crashed during a routine training mission near Booneville, Mississippi yesterday. Our prayers are with their families, units, and the entire Mississippi National Guard at this incredibly difficult time. These two Guardsmen embodied the very best of our nation--bound by honor, and committe  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 27 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the State of Montana in Held v. Montana. The brief, led by the State of North Dakota, supports Montana's position in an appeal over judicial overreach from a question of environmental policy set by the state legislature. The case involves a challenge to a Montana law that bans state entities from "considering the impacts o  more