CHICAGO, Illinois, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 26, 2024, entitled "Michigan Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024": * * * Michigan had 261,000 job openings in January 2024, compared to 285,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in Michigan w  more

MONTEREY, California, March 27 -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center issued the following news: By Natela Cutter One of the leading efforts within the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center's five-year strategic plan is the standardization of curriculum and evaluation that will drive consistency in student outcomes across all language programs offered by the Institute. "I think we have a great opportunity here ... Now that we can grant a bachelor's degree in fo  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 27 -- Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Washington, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: * * * In case you missed it, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and other governors of the Reproductive Freedom Alliance issued a statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in Food and Drug Administration, et al., v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the most significant abortion rights case since this same Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Inslee has b  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: Marty C. Raybon has been named director of field operations (DFO) for U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Detroit Field Office. In his new capacity as director, he will lead a workforce of more than 1,600 employees and will be responsible for anti-terrorism policies and operations, cargo and traveler operations, agricultural inspections, and trade en  more

ISHPEMING, Michigan, March 27 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) invites the public to a meeting regarding a planned 2026 improvements project on M-35 in Marquette County between County Road 480 and US-41, including rebuilding the M-35/County Road 492 intersection to a modern roundabout. During this meeting, there will be a brief presentation followed by a question-and-answer session.  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 27 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release: The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) will help address certified teacher shortages in rural school districts through a $15 million grant that it has awarded to Central Michigan University (CMU). "Our rural school districts have faced an exacerbated shortage of certified teachers, in part because they are often not located close to colleges and universities with educator licensing progra  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 27 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following statement on March 26, 2024: * * * Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer released the following statement as the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) began hearing oral arguments in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, a case challenging the FDA's approval of mifepristone, a commonly used abortion medication. Governor Whitmer Statement "This case is an attempt to force the FDA to withdraw its decades-long   more

LANSING, Michigan, March 27 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) continues to adjust spring weight restriction areas in an annual move to protect roads. Effective 6 a.m. Monday, April 1, weight restrictions will be lifted on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and including US-2/US-141 at the Menominee River bridge west of Iron Mountain then east on US-2 to St. Ignace  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, March 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jesus Gaytan-Garcia with one count of interstate transportation of stolen money and one count of theft from the Hartford location of the Four Winds Casino, which is owned and operated by the Pokagon B  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 27 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Today, Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation in announcing Michigan Strategic Fund approval of up to $22 million in State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) 2.0 Michigan Small Business Venture Capital Program (SBVCP) funds to support two venture capital investment funds. Union Heritage's Future Heritage Fund will targe  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 27 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation today in announcing Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) approval of projects that will bring job growth and opportunity across both peninsulas. The projects, expected to create at least 1,580 jobs and generate a total capital investment of over $650 million in Michigan, underscore the state's c  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 27 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Attorneys General for 11 other States and the District of Columbia have told Glock, Inc. to preserve all evidence related to its line of Glock pistols, which can be easily converted into illegal machine guns with just one small, easy-to-make modification. The States' letter to Glock was sent in the wake of the gunmaker   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby on March 25, 2024: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right. Good afternoon, everyone. Just have a couple things at the top before we get going. President Biden -- today, he called Taoiseach Leo Varadkar of Ireland to recognize his years of service as a leader of Ireland and of the good relationship they have develope  more