CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 28 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 27, 2024, entitled "Nebraska Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2024": * * * Nebraska had 52,000 job openings in September 2024, compared to 53,000 openings in August, 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  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 28 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Nov. 27, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today sued three of the world's largest investment companies--BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard--for intentionally and illegally colluding to raise electricity prices for American families. For years, BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard have dominated the stock market, with major stakes in all the big energy companies in the country. Now, th  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 28 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Nov. 27, 2024: Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition of 11 states to sue BlackRock, State Street Corporation, and Vanguard Group, three of the largest institutional investors in the world, for conspiring to artificially constrict the market for coal through anticompetitive trade practices. Over several years, the three asset managers acquired substantial stockholdings in every s  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 28 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Nov. 27, 2024: Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced today that an Omaha-area mental health therapist was ordered to serve five years of probation and pay $60,000 in restitution to Nebraska's Medicaid program. Pamela J. Helem pled no contest and was found guilty of a felony count of Medicaid Fraud, a Class IV felony. Helem, 69, of Papillion, owned and operated Helem's Counseling  more