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News Tipoffs - Rhode Island 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

Breeze Airways Begins Service From Denver International Airport
DENVER, Colorado, May 18 -- Denver International Airport issued the following news release on May 17, 2024: Yesterday Breeze Airways inaugurated nonstop service between Denver International Airport (DEN) and Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport in Providence, R.I. (PVD). With these new flights to a previously unserved city, DEN is now connected nonstop with destinations in 46 U.S. states. "We are pleased to welcome Breeze as our newest airline partner," said DEN CEO Phil Washington.   more

United States Doubles Investment in the Environment Sector With Launch of Three New Activities
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, May 18 -- The U.S. Embassy in Madagascar posted the following news release: On May 16, the United States joined the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Minister of Fisheries and Blue Economy, and a diverse set of stakeholders in Antananarivo to launch a suite of new United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded activities in the environment sector. This launch event was complemented by a fair that showcased 20 USAID partners and sta  more