WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Unemployment rates were higher in June 2024 than a year earlier in 336 of the 389 metropolitan areas, lower in 40 areas, and unchanged in 13 areas. A total of 35 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 6 areas had rates of at least 8.0 percent. In June 2024, Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, had the l  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The White House issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2024: Yesterday, August 8, 2024, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that an emergency exists in the State of Vermont and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Depression Debby beginning on August 8, 2024, and continuing. The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Manage  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Vermont to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Depression Debby beginning on Aug. 8, 2024, and continuing. The President's action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on August 5, 2024, Damien Peatman, 26, of Eden, Vermont, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 29 months' imprisonment to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release. Peatman previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute co  more