ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 3 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America issued the following news release: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. and Fairbanks, Alaska Top Lists of Year-over-Year Rise in Industry Employment While New York City and Decatur, Ill. Experience Worst Number and Percent of Construction Job Losses Construction employment rose in 227, or 63 percent, of 358 metro areas between February 2023 and February 2024, according to an analysis by the Associated  more

SANTA MONICA, California, April 4 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following news release: Firearm homicides have risen faster relative to the overall national trend in states such as Wisconsin, Delaware, and Minnesota, while firearm suicides have risen faster in Alaska, North Dakota, and Montana, according to a new tool from RAND that allows users to examine state-level firearm death rates over the past four decades. The visualization tool shows that some states have seen reductions in violence re  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 3 -- The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association issued the following news release: The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA), the only national organization dedicated to advancing cultural tourism in Native Nations and communities across the United States, as a collaborative partner with the Office of Indian Economic Development (OIED), has made selections for the awardees of the OIED/AIANTA FY24 NATIVE Act Capacity Building Grants   more