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News Tipoffs - Massachusetts Editors Newsletter for Sunday May 19, 2024 ( 3 items )  

BLS Issues Report on State Employment and Unemployment - April 2024
WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-0947) on May 17, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - April 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were lower in April in 5 states, higher in 2 states, and stable in 43 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 1 state had a decrease, and 19 states an  more

FCC: CHAIRWOMAN ROSENWORCEL ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP OF THE WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on May 17, 2024: Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel today announced her appointments of Jayne Stancavage and Kimberly Baum as Chair and Vice Chair of the Commission's World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee. The advisory committee was re-chartered on January 31, 2024 with the mission of providing the Commission with advice, technical support, and recommended  more

Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Approximately $37 Million in Grants to Support Regional Public Transportation
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 18 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation posted the following news release: The Healey-Driscoll Administration is announcing approximately $37 million in grant funding to support regional public transportation. The funding from three grant programs will go to Regional Transit Authorities (RTA), Councils on Aging, and other entities for vehicles, to support fleet electrification, to enhance and expand existing transit services, expand service hours, improve  more