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Federal Tipoffs Involving South Dakota Newsletter for Sunday March 10, 2024 ( 6 items )  

BLS - Midwest Region Issues Report Entitled 'Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in South Dakota - 2023'
CHICAGO, Illinois, March 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 6, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in South Dakota - 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 3.9 percent in South   more

Deadline Approaching in South Dakota for SBA Disaster Loans for Working Capital Loans Due to Flooding
SACRAMENTO, California, March 9 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded South Dakota private nonprofit organizations of the April 8, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury caused by flooding that occurred April 9 - May 5, 2023. Private nonprofits that provide e  more

Deadline Approaching in South Dakota for SBA Working Capital Loans Due to Drought
SACRAMENTO, California, March 9 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded South Dakota small nonfarm businesses in seven South Dakota counties of the April 8, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low interest loans are to offset economic losses because o  more

Public Input Sought on Proposed Measures to Stop the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species Into Yellowstone National Park
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyoming, March 8 -- The National Park Service Yellowstone National Park issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Yellowstone National Park seeks public comment on proposed measures to help stop the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) into park waters. The proposals include a 30-day mandatory dry time for some types of motorized boats and sailboats before entering park waters and the prohibition of watercraft previously fouled by mussels regardless of dry tim  more

S.D. U.S. Attorney: Lower Brule Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on March 4, 2024. Garrett Goodlow, age 26, was sentenced to six years and eight months in fede  more

U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota: Justice and Interior Departments Outline Commitment, Next Steps in Effort to Address Missing or Murdered Indigenous Peoples and Human Trafficking Crisis
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, March 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota posted the following news release on March 8, 2024: The Departments of Justice and the Interior today released their joint response to the Not Invisible Act Commission's recommendations on how to combat the missing or murdered Indigenous peoples (MMIP) and human trafficking crisis. The response recognizes that more must be done across the federal government to resolve this longstanding crisis   more