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

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 7 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson announces SC Human Trafficking Task Force partners with Safe House Project to help ensure the safety of victims (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chair of the South Carolina Human Trafficking Task Force, announced the launch of a statewide certification program for service providers working with human trafficking victims.   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 6, 2025: * * * Banking Committee Advances Key Economic, Financial Regulator Nominees Washington, D.C. - Today, the Senate Banking Committee voted to advance the nominations of Stephen Miran to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Jeffrey Kessler to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, William P  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 7 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Florence man arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Material* charges (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of James Everette Nesbitt, 48, of Florence, S.C., on two charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the South Carolina Attorney General's Office made the  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Library of Congress issued the following news: * * * Library Announces Teaching with Primary Sources Regional Grant Awards The Library of Congress recently awarded six Teaching with Primary Sources regional grants. Recipients of these regional grants will make subgrants on behalf of the Library to organizations that wish to integrate Library resources and Teaching with Primary Sources methods into their educational programming. The recipients include Illinois Stat  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Scott Leads Effort to Combat Debanking Washington, D.C. - Building on his commitment to address debanking, Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.), is leading his fellow Banking Committee Republicans in introducing legislation to curtail the weaponization of federal banking agencies by eliminating the ability for regulators to use reputatio  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 7, 2025: * * * Scott on the FIRM Act: "First Step in Ending Debanking" Washington, D.C. - This week, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced the Financial Integrity and Regulation Management (FIRM) Act, his legislation to remove reputational risk as a component of federal supervision. The bill, which is  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 6, 2025: * * * Scott's Reputational Risk Legislation Receives Widespread Support Washington, D.C. - Today, Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced legislation to eliminate reputational risk as a component of regulatory supervision. By preventing regulators from being able to use reputational risk as a tool to discriminate again  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued the following information for an executive session at 10 a.m. on March 12, 2025, at 253 Russell Senate Office Building: Agenda: * Nomination of Michael Kratsios, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy * Nomination of Mark Meador, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner * S. 28, Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act (Cruz) * S. 97, Securing Semicondu  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall, Senator Daines, and GOP Colleagues Urge Attorney General Bondi to End Anti-Gun Biden-Era Policies Washington -U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) joined Senator Steve Daines (R-Montana) and 14 of their Senate Republican colleagues in urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to reverse Biden-era policies that allow the federal government to award groups that discriminate against t  more