ATLANTA, Georgia, March 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 19, 2024, entitled "County Employment and Wages in South Carolina - Third Quarter 2023": * * * Employment rose in all of South Carolina's seven large counties from September 2022 to September 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 20 -- Connecticut State Colleges and Universities issued the following news release: The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system has partnered with Ithaka S+R to help students successfully transfer credits when moving between colleges and universities or attempting to transfer college credits they earned in high school or elsewhere. Ithaka S+R is launching the "universal credit transfer explorer," a new, public, non-profit, national credit mobilit  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR), U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (DHS CRCL), and the FEMA Office of Equal Rights (OER) has announced the successful completion of a language access compliance review of COVID-19 public health messaging in 19 states. This review i  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Department of Defense awarded $17.6 million to 27 collaborative academic teams under the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR). DEPSCoR is a capacity-building program designed to strengthen the basic research infrastructure at institutions of higher education in underutilized states and territories. "The Department of Defense's science and technology mission relies on  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 20 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of Intervenor States seeking to keep the Biden administration from using shadowy gamesmanship to manipulate the president's most vulnerable political liability in an election year: the border crisis. The Biden administration, on multiple occasions, used these tactics i  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 20 (TNSres) -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: The state Senate today approved a resolution introduced by Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-33) calling on the governor to deploy the Pennsylvania National Guard along Texas's southern border with Mexico as part of Operation Lone Star. "Pennsylvania families are being harmed by the influx of immigrants and illegal drugs resulting from lax federal border security measure  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 20 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that a joint investigation by his office's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) and the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety (ODPS), in collaboration with SCDHEC's Bureau of Healthcare Quality, has led to the arrest of Estelle A. Hutchinson, 52 years old, and Tracy T. Wright, 52 years old, both of Orangeburg, SC. The arrests  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 19 -- The South Carolina Educational Television Network issued the following news release: SC Public Radio is partnering with StoryCorps to record interviews in-person and virtually as part of its Mobile Tour stop in Columbia from March 21 to April 19. With segments airing on NPR stations across the U.S., StoryCorps is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving and sharing the stories of people from all backgrounds and beliefs. Founded   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 20 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on March 19, 2024: On Monday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led 24 states in warning the Department of Labor (DOL) that its proposed rule to embed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into the National Apprenticeship System exceeds congressional authority, illegally promotes racial-discrimination, and is antithetical to the American ideal of equality. "Americans fought for   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 20 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a comment letter to the Special Rapporteur on the right to education for the United Nations' Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The letter, which was led by the State of Montana, defended American parental rights of educational choice and freedom for their children. The coalition of attorneys general write in advance of the Special Rapporteur's v  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, March 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office announced that three defendants have been sentenced in connection with drug charges related to the trafficking of cocaine base in Rutland, Vermont, concluding yesterday with the sentencing of Danielle Richardson. The three defendants are: Christopher Moton, 29, of North Charleston, South Carolina; Maurice Pompey, 35  more