KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 30, 2024, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Kansas - Fourth Quarter 2023": * * * From September 2023 to December 2023, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Kansas were 68,830, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 63,37  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 30, 2024, entitled "Kansas Job Openings and Labor Turnover - May 2024": * * * Kansas had 72,000 job openings in May 2024, unchanged from April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job openings rate in Kansa  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 30, 2024, entitled "Missouri Job Openings and Labor Turnover - May 2024": * * * Missouri had 152,000 job openings in May 2024, compared to 146,000 openings in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: ARMY EA-Baker Partners JV, Hunt Valley, Maryland, was awarded a $249,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for architect-engineer services. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of July 25, 2029. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Nebraska, is the contracting activity (W9128F-24-D-0019). Massma  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: AIR FORCE Gauss Management Research and Engineering Inc., Ogden, Utah (FA8003-24-D-0015); Luna Labs USA LLC, Charlottesville, Virginia (FA8003-24-D-0016); TransTecs Corp., Wichita, Kansas (FA8003-24-D-0017); Frontier Technology Inc., Beavercreek, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0018); SelectTech Services Corp., Dayton, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0019); Boston Engineering Corp., Waltham, Massachusetts (FA8003-24-D-0020); SynapseM  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details Mexican free-tailed bats are among the most frequently killed by wind turbines in the southwestern U.S. (B.T. Hamilton, National Park Service) DENVER, Colo. Mexican free-tailed bats tend to live in the same areas that are good for wind energy, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and an international t  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: A United States District Court Judge sentenced a Utah County man Monday, who posed as a fake doctor, to three years' imprisonment and one year of supervised release after he scammed consumers looking to heal a variety of ailments, including Coronavirus. In March, on the second day of trial, Gordon Hunter Pedersen, 64, of Cedar Hills, Utah, pleaded guilt  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The White House issued the following news release: On Tuesday, July 30, 2024, the President signed into law: H.R. 1105, the "Debbie Smith Act of 2023," which authorizes appropriations to the Department of Justice for each of FYs 2024-2029 in the amount of $151 million for the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program; Thank you to Representatives Wagner, Cohen, Hunt, and Cline, and Senators Cornyn, Graham and Klobuchar for their leadership. Thank you to the late Representa  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on July 30, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Actions to Keep Children and Families Safely Together and Supported - The White House hosts a convening on transforming child welfare and announces new policy to prevent family separation due to poverty The President and Vice President believe every child should have the opportunity to reach their full potential and grow up in a safe and loving home with their  more