WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Denver officers arrest illegal Mexican national charged with assault and kidnapping DENVER -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Juan Benitez-Ortega, 48, an illegally present Mexican national in Adams County, Colorado, Jan. 30. "The arrest and eventual removal of this individual reaffirms our commitment to enforcing the laws of our  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development issued the following news on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Strengthening Our Communities: Shapiro Administration Invests More than $1 Million; Celebrates Ribbon Cutting at Greater Hazleton YMCA Early Education Center Getting stuff done: support for the project is possible thanks to Governor Josh Shapiro's 2024-25 bipartisan budget, which doubled the Neighborhood Assistance Program's funding to $72 mil  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 1343X) entitled "Saratoga Railroad LLC - Abandonment Exemption - in Carbon County, Wyoming": * * * Saratoga Railroad, LLC (Saratoga), has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon an approximately 23.71-mile rail line between milepost 0.57, near Walcott, Wyo., and milepost 24.28, at Saratoga, Wyo., in C  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