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

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 31, 2024, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in South Dakota - Fourth Quarter 2023": * * * From September 2023 to December 2023, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 25,195, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in South Dakota were 22,395  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 31, 2024, entitled "South Dakota Job Openings and Labor Turnover - May 2024": * * * South Dakota had 24,000 job openings in May 2024, compared to 22,000 openings in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in South Dakota was 4  more

ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Yendi Borjas, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airmen assigned to the 28th Maintenance Group have transitioned from the humid tropics to the desert sun as they move from leading a Bomber Task Force mission in Guam, to their participation in Red Flag-Nellis. More than half of the maintenance personnel that arrived at Nellis   more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, July 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced three men convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. Chris Janis, a/k/a "Izzy" Janis, age 50, of Manderson, South Dakota, was sentenced on July 25, 2024, to six years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised rel  more