COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 20 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on July 19, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined a 22-state amicus brief in support of Florida's request to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the state to enforce its law regulating sex-modification procedures while the district court's order enjoining the law is heard on appeal. The case is Doe v. Surgeon General, State of Florida. Like half the sta  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND Ultimate Ammunition LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada; Canadian Commercial Corp., Ottawa, Canada; Blane International Group Inc., Cumming, Georgia; and Olin Winchester LLC, Oxford, Mississippi, is being awarded a multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (H9240323R00020001) with a maximum total ceiling of $750,000,000 and a separate $2,500 minimum ordering guaran  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: ST. LOUIS Dollar General Stores will pay $295,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) age discrimination, harassment, and retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today. According to the lawsuit, from July 2016 until January 2018, a newly hired Dollar General regional director in Oklahoma harassed district managers who were in their  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following Beige Book on July 17, 2024: * * * Summary of Economic Activity Economic activity across the Eighth District has increased slightly since our previous report, a continuation of trends reported over the past few months. Employment was unchanged and wage growth continued to moderate back to longer-run trends. Inflation pressures increased modestly, with slower price growth than in previous reports. Report  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 20 -- The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development issued the following news release: The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD) has been awarded a $4 million Apprenticeship Building America grant by the U.S. Department of Labor that will help Missourians land high-wage jobs in high-demand industries. MDHEWD, in partnership with Missouri Works Initiative (MWI) and BioSTL, will utilize the grant to launch   more