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News Tipoffs - Alaska Editors Newsletter for Saturday October 19, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Air Force Civil Engineer Center APE team paves way to keep DAF mission in fight
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: As the Department of the Air Force focuses on the Great Power Competition, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Airfield Pavement Evaluation team is helping keep runways worldwide ready to support the mission. The 21-member APE team at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, services more than 2 billion square feet of airfield pavement at more than 200 airfi  more

Arctic Aloha concludes with Spartan Brigade jump
CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska Nearly 800 paratroopers assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, conducted a large-scale joint forceable entry operation onto Malemute Drop Zone in Alaskan history for Arctic Aloha as part of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 25-01, Oct. 15, 2024. Arctic Aloha, which began on  more

Biden-Harris Administration Continues Historic Clean Energy Commitment to Lowering Costs and Creating Jobs for People in Pennsylvania and 38 States, Guam and Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: USDA also opens applications for $600 million in additional funding for farms, small business owners through the Rural Energy for America Program HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 18, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced during a visit to Pennsylvania that USDA is partnering with farmers and small business owners to expand access to clean energy, create jobs and help low  more

BLS Issues Report on State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - August 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-2142) on Oct. 17, 2024, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - August 2024": * * * Job openings rates increased in 6 states and decreased in 2 states on the last business day of August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 6 states and increased in 1 state. Total separations rates decreased in 10 states and increas  more

Cruz Construction to Pay $56,000 in EEOC Retaliation Charge
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: CARSON CITY, Nev. Cruz Construction Co., Inc., agreed to provide $56,000 and injunctive relief to a former employee following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. According to the EEOC's investigation, the company fired an administrative assistant in July 2023, two days after she requested a reasonable accommodation for a disa  more

Utah A.G. Reyes Joins 20-State Coalition in Lawsuit to Stop Nursing Home Rule Change
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 19 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Oct. 18, 2024: Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a 20-state coalition, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, in a lawsuit seeking to stop the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) rule that would cost states hundreds of thousands of dollars and drive nursing homes out of business. "While s  more