WASHINGTON, April 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-0701) on April 19, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - March 2024": Unemployment rates were lower in March in 6 states, higher in 1 state, and stable in 43 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-nine states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 1 state had a decrease, and 20 states a  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The General Services Administration Inspector General issued the following memorandum (No. A230067-1) on April 19, 2024, entitled "PBS Southeast Sunbelt Region Job Order Construction Contracts." Here are excerpts: * * * TO: JEFFREY SMITH, REGIONAL COMMISSIONER, PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE (4P) FROM: NICHOLAS PAINTER, REGIONAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AUDITING, SOUTHEAST SUNBELT REGION AUDIT OFFICE (JA-4) SUBJECT: Assessment of a Hotline Complaint: PBS Southeast Sunbelt Reg  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 21 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding businesses, private nonprofit organizations, homeowners and renters in South Carolina impacted by the tornado that occurred on Jan. 9, to apply for physical damage disaster loans by May 21 deadline. The declaration covers Bamberg County and the adjacent counties of Allendale, Barnwell, Colleton, Hampton and Orangeburg in   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement by spokesperson Matthew Miller on Georgia parliament's "transparency of foreign influence" draft law: * * * We are gravely disappointed by the Georgian parliament's decision to advance Kremlin-inspired "foreign influence" legislation. As the EU has stated, passage of this law could compromise Georgia's progress on its EU path. We join our European allies in urging Georgia not to enact legislation that goes agains  more