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

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

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, May 31 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon announced that Wyoming has filed an additional lawsuit challenging a new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) targeting the coal industry. Wyoming has joined West Virginia and Georgia along with 19 other states challenging EPA's new steam electric power generating effluent guidelines. The rule was part of a package of rules affecting power plants the EPA released in  more