WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In May 2024, there were a total of 6,694,000 unemployed people and 8,140,000 job openings in the United States, yielding a ratio of 0.8 unemployed person per job opening. The national job openings rate was 4.9 percent. Fourteen states had 0.5 or fewer unemployed person per job opening: North Dakota (0.3 person), Vermont and South Dakota (0.4 person  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: DENVER Colorado, Wyoming and several other states are currently fighting multiple fires that are prompting evacuations, causing power outages, and impacting air quality with heavy smoke. FEMA Region 8 has approved federal assistance to battle five fires across Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. In addition to supporting these firefighting efforts, we encourage  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: * * * Three States Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $1.6 Billion * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Montana, Oklahoma, and Vermont's Initial Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Bide  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Aug. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: A former nurse practitioner in Butte admitted on Thursday to prescribing controlled substances despite having a suspended license and to falsely billing an insurance company approximately $61 million for vitamin B-12 injections in which she received nearly $600,000 for the false claims, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. The defendant, Tristan Ashle  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Aug. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: A Lame Deer man who admitted to distributing methamphetamine and acting as a drug debt collector on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. The defendant, James "JC" Luis Costilla, 37, pleaded guilty in March to  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Aug. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: A Lodge Grass man who trafficked methamphetamine as part of large-scale, multi-state operation that was centered on the Crow Indian Reservation was sentenced today to four years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Morgan Luke Hugs, 34, pleaded guilty in April to possession with intent to distri  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * From June 2023 to June 2024, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 27 states and was essentially unchanged in 23 states and the District of Columbia. The largest percentage increases occurred in South Carolina (+3.5 percent), Missouri (+3.2 percent), and Nevada (+3.1 percent). The following states also had over-the-year employment increases of a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: FRENCHTOWN, Mont. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently directed two additional sampling events with a third now underway at the Smurfit-Stone Mill Site, a former paper and pulp mill located 11 miles west of Missoula, Montana. Since 2015, EPA has directed and overseen extensive site investigation by potentially responsible parties (PRPs) under the Comprehensive Environmental Respon  more