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News Tipoffs - Mississippi 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

Civil affairs, psychological operations expand role in special operations training
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 16 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: CAMP SHELBY, Miss. - Special operations Soldiers from the U.S. and partnered countries spent the month of April training in full spectrum irregular warfare operations in and around Camp Shelby, Mississippi. From April 7 to April 26, approximately 800 service members participated in the event, including members of the 20th Special Forces Group, the 353rd Civil Affairs Command, and th  more

GSA: Recycled Laptops Sustain Students, Environment
WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news on May 17, 2024: JoAnne Coble Woodard backed her compact car into the loading dock at 1800 F Street in Washington, filled the trunk and back seat with working laptops, and drove nearly four hours back to Wilson, North Carolina, to share the free computers with students. "We started securing equipment that we could not afford and the children could not afford," said Woodard, co-founder of the Sallie B. Howard Sc  more