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News Tipoffs - Alaska Editors Newsletter for Saturday February 01, 2025 ( 3 items )  

BLM, USDA Forest Service announce 2025 grazing fees
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM, USDA Forest Service announce 2025 grazing fees < All Press Releases WASHINGTON - The federal grazing fee for 2025 remains $1.35 per animal unit month for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and $1.35 per head month for lands managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. An animal unit month or head month -- treated as equ  more

Contracts for Jan. 30, 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 30, 2025 AIR FORCE BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Rockville, Maryland, has been awarded an increased ceiling modification (P00790) of $1,192,897,112 to a previously awarded contract (FA8214-13-C-0001) for sustaining engineering services. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $3,134,640,338 from $1,941,743,226. Work will be performed at   more

Union membership rates highest in Hawaii and New York, lowest in North Carolina in 2024
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Union membership rates highest in Hawaii and New York, lowest in North Carolina in 2024 January 31, 2025 The union membership rate in the United States (the percentage of wage and salary workers who were members of unions) was 9.9 percent in 2024, little changed from the prior year. The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions, at 14.  more