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 "North Dakota Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024": * * * North Dakota had 26,000 job openings in January 2024, unchanged from December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in North Dakota was 5.6  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 27 -- The Georgia State Senate issued the following news release: Legislation aimed at safeguarding Georgia's agricultural interests, food supply and national security has been forwarded to Governor Brian P. Kemp for signage into law. Sponsored by Sen. Jason Anavitarte (R-Dallas), Senate Bill 420 aims to prohibit perilous foreign adversaries from owning agricultural land or land within a 10-mile radius of a military base, installation, or airport in Georgia. Senator Ana  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 27 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following statement on March 26, 2024: * * * Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador issued a statement condemning the proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the liquid waste produced by meat and poultry processing plants in the United States. The Idaho Attorney General joins other states in expressing concern over the unnecessary and detrimental nature of this proposed regulation. "This propos  more

FARGO, North Dakota, March 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota issued the following news release: United States Attorney Mac Schneider, District of North Dakota, announced that Deanna Marie Gerads, age 33, appeared in Federal court on March 26, 2024, in Fargo and pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances before Chief District Court Judge Peter D. Welte. Gerads is scheduled to be sentenced on July  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota issued the following news release: United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on March 26, 2024, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Kent Pfaff, age 60, from Washburn, North Dakota, to pay $379,317.00 in restitution to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and to serve a three-year period of supervised release on a charge of False Statement to Influence th  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 27 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Governor Greg Abbott today launched the Texas Space Commission and announced the inaugural members of the Texas Space Commission Board of Directors and the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium (TARSEC) Executive Committee at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The Texas Space Commission will cement Texas' position as a national leader in the space industry and will secure its fut  more