WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1922) on Sept. 20, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - August 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in August in 6 states and the District of Columbia, lower in 1 state, and stable in 43 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-five states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 4 states had   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 21 -- Arizona Senate Democrats issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 2024: * * * Yesterday, Republican Senator Wendy Rogers released a letter of endorsement for Cottonwood Councilmember Lisa DuVernay in her official capacity as a Senate Senator. Using state resources to influence the outcome of an election is a violation of A.R.S. Sec. 16-192. The Senate Democratic Caucus has referred her the letter and her subsequent post to X to the Attorney General for an inves  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Sept. 20, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Takes Further Action to Strengthen and Secure Critical Mineral Supply Chains - Department of Energy Battery Supply Chain Awards Build on Four Years of Whole-of-Government Effort to Increase Domestic and Allied Supply of Critical Minerals Critical minerals are essential building blocks of the modern economy and our energy security, from clean energy technologi  more