SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 7, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Hawaii - 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 Hawa  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 7, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Idaho - 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 in Idaho  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 7, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Nevada - 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 9.0 percent in Neva  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 7, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Oregon - 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 8.0 percent in Oreg  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 7, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Washington - 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 8.1 percent in   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 7, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization, Alaska - 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 8.8 percent in Alaska  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 7, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization, Arizona - 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 7.3 percent in Arizo  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 7, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization, California - 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 9.3 percent in Ca  more

SOMERSET, New Jersey, March 8 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on March 5, 2024, by Governor Michelle W. Bowman at the New Jersey Bankers Association Annual Economic Leadership Forum: * * * Reflections on the Economy and Bank Regulation * * * I would like to thank the New Jersey Bankers Association for the invitation to share my thoughts with you today./1 While I welcome the opportunity to share my thoughts about monetary policy, the economy, and the path of regulatory refo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 8 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has led a multistate coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the Colorado Supreme Court in support of a transgender woman who was denied service by a Colorado cakeshop after she informed the business that a pink and blue cake that she ordered was expressive of her gender identity. In the amicus brief, filed in the ca  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 8 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 Attorneys General in sending a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) addressing the recent increase in Facebook and Instagram platform account takeovers by scammers. Account takeovers are when bad actors break into a user's account and change passwords, effectively hijacking the account and b  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 8 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general in sending a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) addressing the recent rise of Facebook and Instagram account takeovers by scammers and frauds. When bad actors break into a user's account and change passwords, effectively hijacking the account and blocking out the rightful owner, it is an account   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 8 (TNSres) -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today the release of a report (https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases24/2021-22_Bias-Incident_Report_0307_COMPLETE.pdf) analyzing final bias incidents statistics in New Jersey in 2021 and 2022. Consistent with national trends, the report shows that incidents of bias and hate remain on the rise and 2022 had the high  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 8 -- The New Jersey Department of Education issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Acting Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer and other state and local education officials today welcomed a delegation from the Taiwan Ministry of Education, as part of a partnership designed to promote joint projects and academic exchange in language education and the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. In addition to a meeting with New Jersey Departm  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: A New York acupuncturist today admitted participating in a $9 million health care fraud scheme to defraud Amtrak, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Punson Figueroa, aka "Susie," 57, of Long Island City, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court to an information charging her with conspiracy to commit hea  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: A Union County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal and transport across state lines luxury cars stolen from towns in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced. Malik Baker, 30, of Vauxhall, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas t  more

NEW YORK, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Rear Admiral John Mauger, Commander of the First Coast Guard District, announced today the arrests of RICHARD CRUZ and JAIME PINILLA GOMEZ for causing the death of a seven-year-old boy and a 48-year-old woman after the vessel CRUZ and GOMEZ were operating in the Hudson River capsized.   more

ROBBINSVILLE, New Jersey, March 8 -- The U.S. Department of Labor\'s Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 2 issued the following news release: A Robbinsville frozen food manufacturer with an extensive history of violating federal safety and health standards was cited again by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, after a worker suffered an amputation in August 2023. The agency determined the company exposed workers to lockout/tagout hazar  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 8 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Reyes joined a bipartisan coalition of 40 attorneys general in sending a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) addressing the recent rise of Facebook and Instagram platform account takeovers by scammers and fraudsters. Account takeovers are when bad actors break into a user's account and change passwords, effectively hijacking the account and blocking out the rightful owner. Attorney  more