WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: Department of Education releases new state-by-state numbers showing the effect of four major discharge program proposals for the 4 million borrowers who have already been approved for relief The Biden-Harris Administration today released initial details of a new set of plans that would provide student debt relief for tens of millions of borrowers across the country. The plans would bring the total   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on April 9, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * National Library Week, usually observed during the second full week of April, promotes literacy, along with support and use of our nation's libraries. Nationwide, employment of librarians and media collections specialists was 133,760 in May 2023, accounting for fewer than 1 of every 1,000 U.S. jobs. * * * Chart: Employment conc  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: From 2010 to 2022, the nation's foreign-born population increased by 15.6%. According to a new report The Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2022 released by the U.S. Census Bureau today, the foreign-born population was 46.2 million (13.9% of the total population) in 2022 compared to 40.0 million (12.9% of the total population) in 2010. The report compares 2010 and 2022 Americ  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on April 8, 2024, by Commissioner Mark C. Christie on a decision (Docket No. ER24-843-000) involving PJM Interconnection LLC: * * * Since the SAT is coming back,[1] here is a multiple-choice question: Which of the following is a "public policy" transmission project under PJM's tariff: a) A reliability line caused by load growth that may be attributed to economic develop  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 10 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: * * * Manager Refused to Hire Job Applicant Because of Disability and Asked Unlawful Questions During Interview, Federal Agency Charged * * * GMRI, Inc., doing business as Olive Garden, will pay $30,000 and agreed to significant non-monetary remedies under a consent decree settling a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportun  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 10 -- The West Virginia Department of Health issued the following news: Since West Virginia became the first state in the country to provide statewide protocols for the administration of whole blood on ambulances, the Department of Health (DH) is pleased to announce two counties are currently providing the service to residents. Cabell County EMS started offering the service in November of 2023, and in March of 2024, Harrison County also began carrying whole bl  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 10 -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued the following news release: State regulators have opened a general investigation into notifications by utilities and cable providers regarding service outages. The Public Service Commission of West Virginia has notified 14 regulated utilities that they should explain how they notify their individual customers when they are affected by service outages. The companies named in the investigation are Mounta  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Extreme House Republican Plan Would Hurt American Workers While Rigging the Economy for Big Corporations and the Wealthy State-by-state analysis shows how the Republican Study Committee budget would gut job training and workforce development programs that strengthen our economy and create pathways to good jobs President Biden is building our economy from the middle out and bottom up--an economy where we in  more