PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 2, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.8 percent in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.5 percent in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.3 percent in the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regio  more

NEW YORK, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Will  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.4 percent in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Pheonix Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.7 percent in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. R  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the San Jose Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.4 percent in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.5 percent in the Seattle-Tacoma, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional C  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on May 3, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * From March 2023 to March 2024, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 31 states and was essentially unchanged in 19 states and the District of Columbia. The largest percentage increases occurred in Idaho (+3.7 percent), Nevada (+3.4 percent), Alaska (+3.2 percent), and South Carolina (+2.8 percent). * * * Chart: Change in nonfarm e  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 4 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Zoe Heller, of Sacramento, has been appointed Director of the California Department of Resources, Recycling, and Recovery. Heller has been Deputy Director of the Division of Circular Economy at the California Department of Resources, Recycling, and Recovery since 2023 and served in several roles there from 2017 to   more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 4 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his appointment of 18 Superior Court Judges, which include one in Alameda County; one in Contra Costa County; one in Fresno County; one in Kern County; two in Los Angeles County; one in Marin County; one in Merced County; one in Nevada County; one in Orange County; three in Sacramento County; one in San Bernardino County; two in San Diego Coun  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release: * * * Advances Biden-Harris administration efforts to expand apprenticeships, strengthen workforce * * * The Department of Labor today announced the award of $98 million in grants to 72 organizations in 30 states and Guam to provide training and employment services in an ongoing effort to expand access to apprenticeship opportunities, prepare young workers for quality j  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Investigation finds 14-year-old children using razor-sharp deboning knives * * * In one of the largest wage violation settlements ever reached for U.S. poultry workers, a federal court in Los Angeles has entered a consent judgment that orders Fu Qian Chen Lu, Bruce Shu Hua Lok and others as owners and operators of a network of California poultry processors and distributors to pay  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Today, the Department of Defense announced the recipients of the 2023 DOD Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) Awards for outstanding accomplishments of its fire departments, fire officers, and firefighters. DOD F&ES Working Group representatives from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense Logistics Agency selected nine winners from a total of 41 nominations. "With a strong focus o  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 3 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: * * * As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in Agenda America, EPA announces the latest round of funding toward President Biden's commitment to replace every lead pipe in the nation, protecting public health and helping to deliver safe drinking water * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $28,650,000 from President Biden's I  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending May 2, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 208,000, unchanged from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 207,000 to 208,000. The 4-week moving average was 210,000, a decrease   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell's Office is leading a coalition of 14 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief (https://www.mass.gov/doc/ag-campbell-delaware-voting-rights-multistate/download) with the Delaware Supreme Court supporting Delaware's early voting statute against a lawsuit arguing that the Delaware state constitution requires all in-person votes to be cast on  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada issued the following news release: The Justice Department joins its partners across the federal government, as well as people throughout American Indian and Alaska Native communities, in recognizing May 5 as National Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day . In recognition of MMIP Awareness Day, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland highlighted ongoing efforts to tackle the MMIP and human t  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: A Las Vegas woman, Henrietta Binford, 54, was sentenced Monday to 10 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,250,223.39 in restitution for defrauding the State of Nevada Medicaid healthcare benefit program by falsely billing for services not provided. United States District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey presided over the sentencing hearing. Binford had previously pl  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: A federal jury convicted a Pennsylvania resident today for kidnapping a woman in Pennsylvania then driving her to Nevada and killing her in the desert. John Matthew Chapman, 44, was found guilty of one count of kidnapping resulting in death. United States District Judge James C. Mahan scheduled a sentencing hearing for August 2, 2024. Chapman faces the maximu  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy dated April 29, 2024, on the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act (H.R. 2925), which was introduced by Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nevada, and one cosponsor: * * * The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 2925, which would give mining companies the right to use, occupy, and conduct operations on any public lands - including to permanently store mining waste - without discovering a valu  more