WASHINGTON, May 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1067) on May 30, 2024, entitled "Productivity by State - 2023": * * * Labor productivity in the private nonfarm sector increased in 36 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Output increased in 47 states and the District and declined in Delaware, Iowa, and South Dakota. Hours worked increased in 42 states and the District. Alaska experienced the  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory issued the following news on May 30, 2024: * * * Soil cores will be collected and analyzed to generate data for the Molecular Observation Network * * * Eight researchers were recently selected to participate in summer soil sampling for the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's Molecular Observation Network (MONet). The awarded principal investigators and research teams w  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 31 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with the offices of 10 state attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), announced a landscape-changing settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that permanently eases restrictions on Division I college athletes who have transferred schools multiple times and otherwise enhances their rights and opport  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 31 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a proposed settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that will permanently ease restrictions on Division I college athletes who have transferred schools multiple times and allow them to play immediately after changing teams. The agreement, which must be approved by U.S. District Judge John Preston B  more

NEW YORK, May 31 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: New York Attorney General Letitia James, the U.S. Department of Justice, and a multistate coalition of 10 attorneys general today announced that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has agreed to permanently end its transfer eligibility rule, which prohibited Division I college athletes from competing for one year if they transferred schools twice. The NCAA's transfer el  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57138) involving Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant, Mississippi: * * * Facility: Grand Gulf Region: 4 State: MS Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-6 NRC Notified By: John Giddens HQ OPS Officer: John Lilliendahl Notification Date: 05/23/2024 Notification Time: 11:24 [ET] Event Date: 05/23/2024 Event Time: 07:51 [CDT] Last Update Date: 05/23/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section:   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 31 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on May 30, 2024: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch today announced a multi-state lawsuit challenging a new rule recently promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that redefines the Affordable Care Act's prohibition against discrimination on the basis of "sex" to include "gender identity." Under threat of severe  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 31 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in Sunoco v. Honolulu, asking the nation's high court to hear arguments in a case where state courts have mistakenly allowed local jurisdictions to bind energy policies and promotions of companies engaging in interstate and international commerce. The City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, and the Honolulu B  more