CHICAGO, Illinois, March 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 20, 2024, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Minnesota - Third Quarter 2023": * * * Employment rose in 7 of the 8 largest counties in Minnesota 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 or more in  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Solicitor issued the following news brief on March 21, 2024: * * * Employers: Red Oak Tree Service Inc., Crystal Lake, Illinois, Humberto Gonzalez, owner Action: U.S. Department of Labor complaint filing Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Western Division (Rockford) Court action: The department filed a complaint on March 21, 2024, after an investigation by the Wage and Hour Division found the e  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, March 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: * * * The U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office spotlights impactful Argonne hydropower research in its annual accomplishments report * * * Three recent studies by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory advance the role of hydropower in driving the clean energy transition. The research explore  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. Harold O. Poulter, 23, of Charleston, Illinois, killed during World War II, was accounted for January 17, 2024. In February 1945, Poulter was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division. His regiment was engaged in fierce fighting near the town of B  more