DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 17, 2024, entitled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions - September 2024": * * * Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $39.37 per hour in the South to $53.75 in the Northeast in September 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 16, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Iowa Western Community College has been selected to receive a $478,474 grant to help recruit, train, and place workers in community revitalization and cleanup projects at brownfield sites in Council Bluffs, Iowa, North Omaha, Nebraska, and the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan statistical area. The Brow  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 18 -- Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon issued the following news: * * * Electors cast Minnesota's 10 Electoral College votes for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz * * * On December 17, 2024, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon presided over Minnesota's 42nd Electoral College Assembly where the state's ten electors cast their official Electoral College votes for Kamala Harris for president and Tim Walz for vice president of the United States of America. In Minn  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 18 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced he joined a coalition of 11 states in suing the largest international investors, BlackRock, State Street Corporation and Vanguard Group, for using illegal means and anticompetitive practices to artificially constrict the market for coal. "I will not stand idly by while major companies unlawfully hamper energy p  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced the designations of 19 new National Historic Landmarks (NHLs), reflecting the importance of the sites in sharing America's diverse history. The new NHLs are nationally significant properties for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans, African Americans, Asian American Pacific Islanders, and wom  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), along with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is working on a Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) project focused on developing advanced spectrum sensing and channel estimation methods through machine learning algorithms. NEEC combines the knowledge of the Naval engineering workforce with colleges and universities through project-based research.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is opening a 60-day public comment period on a proposed rule to list Suckley's cuckoo bumble bee as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. This determination also serves as the 12-month finding on a petition to list Suckley's cuckoo bumble bee. The Suckley's cuckoo bumble bee depends on other bumble bee hosts for its   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The White House issued the following news release Dec. 17, 2024: On Tuesday, December 17, 2024, the President signed into law: S. 50, the "Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2024," which amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to give priority consideration to selecting Pensacola and Perdido Bays as an estuary of national significance. Thank you to Senators Rubio and Rick Scott for their leadership. * * * S. 310, the "Disaster Co  more