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

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 15 mines in 10 states in January 2024, issuing 188 violations. The agency began conducting impact inspections after an April 2010 explosion in West Virginia at the Upper Big Branch Mine killed 29 miners. MSHA's impact inspections si  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 National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following news release: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded $717,200 to partners in 39 U.S. states and jurisdictions to support the expansion of National History Day, which engages middle- and high-school students in hands-on historical research. Since its founding in 1974, National History Day(R) (NHD) has been helping 6th through 12th grade students delve deeply into history and civics through  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 27 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following statement on Feb. 26, 2024, by State Sen. George Young, D-Oklahoma City: * * * Sen. George Young, D-Oklahoma City, issued the following statement after Monday's Senate passage of legislation allowing municipalities to remove language originally intended to prevent minorities from moving into neighborhoods. Young is coauthor of Senate Bill 1617, by Sen. Kristen Thompson, R-Edmond. "Restrictive covenants have bee  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 27 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Sen. Kevin Matthews, D-Tulsa, voiced his opposition to legislation ordering the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission to end affirmative action at the Department of Wildlife and Conservation, even though women and minorities remain greatly unrepresented. SB 1840 was approved by the Senate Tourism and Wildlife Committee on Monday. "No one has been able to show me an example of s  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 27 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release: Senators Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City, Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City, and Kevin Matthews, D-Tulsa, were invited participants at a recent White House meeting to learn more about the positive impact federal investments are making throughout Oklahoma and share opportunities to seek bipartisan solutions to ongoing challenges facing communities and families. The meeting not only gave the Oklahoma senators  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Feb. 27 -- The city of Tulsa issued the following news on Feb. 26, 2024: Mayor G.T. Bynum, joined by FEMA Region 6 Mitigation Division Director Roosevelt Grant and Fire Chief Michael Baker, announced today that Tulsa has been awarded a $19.6 million Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This grant will enable Tulsa to improve the stormwater drainage in the Fulton Creek basin, where large amounts of rain cause flood  more