BOISE, Idaho, July 20 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador 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 states in the country an  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1411) on July 19, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - June 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in June in 8 states, lower in 1 state, and stable in 41 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-one states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 2 states had decreas  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: * * * FRA conducted its investigation as part of immediate and comprehensive USDOT response that began within hours of 2023 derailment * * * The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today published its accident investigation report on the Norfolk Southern Railway train derailment that occurred in East   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development issued the following news: * * * Governor Shapiro secured $500 million for site development, including $400 million for the PA SITES program to make Pennsylvania more competitive on a national scale, attract more businesses, and create good-paying jobs in the bipartisan 2024-25 budget. * * * Duryea, PA - Today, Governor Josh Shapiro and Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release: State Sens. Dan Laughlin (R-49) and Wayne Langerholc, Jr. (R-35) will soon introduce legislation to bring back the Flagship Niagara license plate. With the governor's recent decision to revamp the design of Pennsylvania's license plates, now is the perfect time to bring back a newly designed Flagship Niagara plate, aligning with the state's efforts to modernize and enhance license plate   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. Residents in Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Marshall, Nicholas, Ohio, Putnam, Wayne and Wetzel counties have just two days left to apply for FEMA Assistance for damages sustained during the April 2-6, 2024, severe storms. The deadline to apply is Monday, July 22, 2024. FEMA assistance for individuals and families affected by the flo  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. The Disaster Recovery Centers in West Virginia will be closed Friday, July 19, 2024, because of an outage affecting computers nationwide.  This affects the following Disaster Recover Centers: Kanawha County Disaster Recovery CenterKanawha County Disaster Recovery Center Tyler Mountain VFD5380 Big Tyler RoadCharleston, WV 25313 Kanawha Count  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. The Disaster Recovery Centers in West Virginia will resume regular hours of operation on Saturday, July 20, 2024.  The sites and hours are as follow. Please note that the Wayne County Disaster Recovery Center will close permanently at 6 p.m., Saturday, July 20. Kanawha County Disaster Recovery CenterKanawha County Disaster Recovery Center Ty  more