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News Tipoffs - North Dakota Editors Newsletter for Saturday March 08, 2025 ( 6 items )  

Air Force Activates Key Unit for Nuclear Modernization at VSFB
BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, March 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: * * * Air Force Activates Key Unit for Nuclear Modernization at VSFB * Published March 7, 2025 * By Jennifer Green-Lanchoney * Space Launch Delta 30 Public Affairs VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In a ceremony marking a new chapter in America's nuclear deterrence strategy, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Suzanne Lamar assumed command of the newly activated Site Activation Task Fo  more

Annual average unemployment rates increased in 21 states in 2024
WASHINGTON, March 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Annual average unemployment rates increased in 21 states in 2024 March 07, 2025 In 2024, annual average unemployment rates increased in 21 states and were little changed in 29 states and the District of Columbia. Employment-population ratios decreased in 5 states and were little changed in 45 states and the District. The U.S. jobless rate increase  more

Attorney General Bird Urges FDA to Crack-down on Dangerous, Counterfeit Weight Loss Drugs
DES MOINES, Iowa, March 7 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bird Urges FDA to Crack-down on Dangerous, Counterfeit Weight Loss Drugs DES MOINES-- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced a multistate letter urging the Food and Drug Administration to take immediate action to stop the surge in dangerous, counterfeit weight loss drugs. Bad actors have taken advantage of the skyrocketing demand for weight loss drugs such as O  more

ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SUBMIT FINAL PROPOSED FIX TO END GOOGLE'S SEARCH MONOPOLY
CHICAGO, Illinois, March 7 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SUBMIT FINAL PROPOSED FIX TO END GOOGLE'S SEARCH MONOPOLY Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), proposed a final package of remedies to end Google's illegal monopoly over internet search engines and restore competition to the ben  more

ICE St. Paul removes foreign fugitive wanted in El Salvador for child rape
WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE St. Paul removes foreign fugitive wanted in El Salvador for child rape MINNEAPOLIS -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed Oscar Alexander Cruz Rodriguez, 29, an illegally present foreign fugitive wanted in El Salvador for rape of a minor, Feb. 14. "Criminal foreign fugitives who prey on minors are not welcome in Minnesota," said ICE   more

N.D. Gov. Armstrong: State Will Provide $20M to Expedite Railroad Underpass Project at UND in Grand Forks
BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 7 -- Gov. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: * * * Armstrong: State will provide $20M to expedite railroad underpass project at UND in Grand Forks BISMARCK, N.D. - The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) will provide $20 million in state funding to expedite the completion of a long-planned railroad underpass project near the University of North Dakota campus, Gov. Kelly Armstrong announced today in a meeting with Grand Forks  more