DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 31 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bird Defends President Trump Against Unprecedented Lawsuits Distracting from America First Agenda DES MOINES-- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led 15 states in supporting President Donald Trump against unprecedented lawsuits that interfere with his job as the sitting President of the United States. The States are supporting President Trump in a lawsuit relating to  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-0104) on Jan. 28, 2025, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - December 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in December in 6 states, lower in 2 states, and stable in 42 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twentyseven states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 6 states ha  more

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

JACKSON, Mississippi, Feb. 1 -- The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce issued the following news release: * * * MALTB Recovers Plane Stolen from Sunflower County Across State Lines JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB), with the assistance of the Chilton County Alabama Sheriff's Office, recovered a Piper Archer II airplane that was stolen from the Indianola Airport in Sunflower County, Mississippi. On December 20, 2024, the Sunflower   more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Feb. 1 -- The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * MALTB Recovers Stolen Agricultural Equipment in Hinds County JACKSON, Miss. - This week, the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) recovered a stolen Bobcat T870 skid steer in Hinds County. On January 29, 2025, the Warren County Sheriff's Office took a report of a stolen Bobcat T870 skid steer. Investigators with the Mississippi   more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Feb. 1 -- Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Michael Watson Joins $106 Million Multi-State Settlement with Vanguard over Big Tax Bills, Restitution to Investors JACKSON, Miss. - Secretary of State Michael Watson joined a taskforce of state securities regulators and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a $106 million settlement with Vanguard Marketing Corporation (VMC) and The Vanguard Group, In  more

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