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*Illinois Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Saturday August 24, 2024 ( 7 items )  

BLS - Midwest Region Issues Report Entitled 'Indiana Job Openings and Labor Turnover - June 2024'
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 23, 2024, entitled "Indiana Job Openings and Labor Turnover - June 2024": * * * Indiana had 140,000 job openings in June 2024, compared to 168,000 openings in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in Indiana was 4.1 percent i  more

BLS - Midwest Region Issues Report Entitled 'Minnesota Job Openings and Labor Turnover - June 2024'
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 23, 2024, entitled "Minnesota Job Openings and Labor Turnover - June 2024": * * * Minnesota had 174,000 job openings in June 2024, compared to 177,000 openings in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in Minnesota was 5.5 per  more

BLS - Midwest Region Issues Report Entitled 'Nebraska Job Openings and Labor Turnover - June 2024'
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 23, 2024, entitled "Nebraska Job Openings and Labor Turnover - June 2024": * * * Nebraska had 49,000 job openings in June 2024, unchanged from May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in Nebraska was 4.4 percent in June, unchang  more

FinCEN: Monthly Roundup of Beneficial Ownership Reporting Outreach Activities and Preview of Upcoming Events
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued the following monthly roundup: * * * July 2024 Beneficial Ownership Reporting Outreach Activities * * * As part of our efforts to educate small businesses and other key stakeholders about new beneficial ownership reporting requirements, FinCEN participated in the following events in July. FinCEN's outreach has discussed the importance of beneficial ownership information to safeguarding the   more

Iowa U.S. Attorney: Career Offender Who Distributed Purported Heroin Containing Fentanyl Resulting in an Overdose Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Federal Prison
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: A man who sold purported heroin that contained fentanyl in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced today to 163 months in federal prison. Rodney Eugene Lewis, age 49, from Chicago Heights, Illinois, received the prison term after a February 6, 2024 guilty plea to one count of distribution of a controlled substance. Between February 2020 and June 2020,  more

National Gallery of Art Receives Gift of 'The Nazi Drawings' by Mauricio Lasansky
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release: Mauricio Lasansky (1914-2012) was an exceptional artist and printmaker who played a key role in the American printmaking renaissance following World War II. Among his best-known works are The Nazi Drawings, an extraordinary series of 30 monumental individual drawings produced between 1961 and 1966 plus a drawing triptych made between 1963 and 1971. The entire suite has been given to the National Gallery of Art  more

White House: What They Are Saying - President Biden Designates Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The White House issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: Last week President Biden signed a proclamation establishing the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument in Springfield, Illinois. The new national monument will tell the story of a horrific attack by a white mob on a Black community, its significance within the Civil Rights Movement, and the broader history of Black community resilience in the face of violent oppression. At a time when some are work  more