WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following Monthly Labor Review article: Summary written by Nicholas A. Schaffer Transgender people, people whose gender differs from their sex assigned at birth, comprise about 1.4 million people in the United States, a population comparable to that of Maine or Vermont. In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal civil rights laws protect against employment discrimination on the basis of transge  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Interior Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 2023-CGD-022) on July 8, 2024, entitled "Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Grants Awarded to the State of Vermont by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service." Here are excerpts: * * * Memorandum To: Martha Williams, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service From: Colleen Kotzmoyer, Director, Contract and Grant Audit Division Subject: Final Audit Report - Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Prog  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In 2022, over 300,000 nonprofit establishments in the country accounted for 12.8 million jobs, or 9.9 percent of private-sector employment. The District of Columbia had the highest percentage of nonprofit employment, 25.2 percent. Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, and Rhode Island also had high shares of nonprofit employment, with each repor  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced that USDA and Vermont are offering approximately $1 million in equipment-only grants through the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). Vermont is accepting applications for equipment-only projects from August 28 through October 1, 2024. Today  more