WASHINGTON, March 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-0547) on March 22, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - February 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in February in 3 states, lower in 3 states, and stable in 44 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-eight states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 3 states had decreases,   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency. Registration Opens for the CMS 2024 Health Equity Conference March 14: Registration opened for the 2024 CMS Health Equity Conference, scheduled for May 29-30. The free, hybrid conference will be held at the Hyatt R  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: A new report released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reveals wetlands - 95 percent of which are freshwater -- covered less than 6 percent of the lower 48 states as of 2019 - which is half the area they covered since the 1780s. The report also identifies that loss rates have increased by 50 percent since 2009 and that without additional conservation acti  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 23 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following statement on March 22, 2024: * * * Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's release of guidance (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-24-30.pdf) expanding eligibility for the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) 10% Energy Communities bonus tax credit to the Investm  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: NEWPORT, R.I. - The total funded program of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport reached $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2023. Of its total operating budget, $711 million was spent by Division Newport in civilian payroll and labor, materials, operational expenditures, property maintenance and repair, and military payroll, while $1 billion funded contracts. "NUWC Division Newport  more