NEW YORK, April 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on April 19, 2024, entitled "Vermont Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2024": * * * Vermont had 17,000 job openings in February 2024, compared to 18,000 openings in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the job openings rate in Vermont was 5.2 percent in   more

DOVER, Delaware, April 20 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release: Attorney General Kathy Jennings has joined a coalition of 25 states and territories in filing a letter with the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in support of proposed rules entitled "Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transactions." The April 16 letter expresses staunch support for the would-be regulations, which will redu  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: Tokyo, Japan - The leaders of official export credit agencies (ECAs) from the G7 nations - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America - met on April 16th, in Tokyo, hosted by Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), to discuss recent business trends and challenges. In the light of the increasing global geopolit  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 20 -- Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, D-Vermont, issued the following statement on April 19, 2024: * * * On Friday, Lt. Governor David Zuckerman issued the following statement regarding the Governor's opposition to H. 687: "Governor Scott has often emphasized the need to work together to address persistent problems that we are facing in Vermont, such as housing. I agree that collaboration is key to creating balanced policies that can allow for faster and smarter developme  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont announced that on April 19, 2024, Paul Bateman, 47, a citizen of the United Kingdom who previously resided in Laos, was sentenced in the United States District Court following his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including the opiates Tapentadol and Tramadol, as well as other   more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The White House Council on Environmental Quality issued the following news release: Last week, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the first-ever national drinking water standard to protect communities from exposure to harmful per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as 'forever chemicals,' as well as $1 billion through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to help every state and territory fund PFAS detection and treatment systems to meet the   more