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

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 6, 2025 ARMY Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Mississippi (W900KK-25-D-0021); Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida (W900KK-25-D-0022); Cubic Defense Applications Inc., San Diego, California (W900KK-25-D-0023); Ravenswood Solutions Inc.,* Fremont, California (W900KK-25-D-0024); Cole Engineering Services Inc., Orlando, Florida (W900KK-25-D-0025); Skiftech LLC,* Orlando, Florida (W900KK-  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 7, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp., Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (SPE2DX-25-D-1000 $5,649,602,820); DMS Pharmaceutical Group Inc.,** Parkridge, Illinois (SPE2DX-25-D-9000, $277,666,966); and Cardinal Health Inc., Dublin, Ohio (SPE2DX-25-D-8000, $16,564,367), have each been awarded a firm-fixed-price requirements contract under solicitation SPE2DX-24-R-0001 for   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on March 6, 2025: * * * Name of Product: Auto World Unassembled Deluxe Pit Kit Slot Cars Hazard: The recalled unassembled Deluxe Pit Kit slot cars violate the mandatory federal regulation for magnets because the magnets used to power the car are loose prior to assembly posing an ingestion hazard to children. Assembled models do not pose this risk and are therefore not subject to this recall. When   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Virginia Gentles, director of the Education Freedom and Parental Rights Initiative at the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Federal Investments in Elementary Education": * * * Chairman Aderholt and Ranking Member DeLauro, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. As a par  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 7 -- The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following agenda: * * * MEMORANDUM TO: Commission Chairman James F. Huston, Commissioners Bennett, Freeman, Veleta and Ziegner FROM: Commission Technical Divisions DATE: March 7, 2025 RE: 30-Day Utility Articles for Conference on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 @ 10:00 a.m. The following thirty-day filings have been submitted to the Commission. Each item was reviewed by the appropriate Commission Technical Di  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 7 -- The Indiana Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following weekly hearing schedule: * * * Monday, March 10, 2025 CAUSE NO.: 46173; ALJ: KRESGE; TIME: 6:00 P.M.; COMMISSIONER: ZIEGNER; ROOM: Cal Brand Meeting Hall at Columbus City Hall, 123 Washington Street, Columbus, IN 47201 (Public Field Hearing) PETITION OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, INDIANA FOR (1)AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS, NOTES, OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS, (2) AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHAR  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 8 -- The Indianapolis International Airport issued the following news release on March 7, 2025: * * * Indy Airport, City Officials, INARF Spotlight Hoosier Artists with Disabilities March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month INDIANAPOLIS (March 7, 2025) - Today more than 100 Hoosier artists were spotlighted and honored at the Indianapolis International Airport (IND) for their creative contribution to the Central Indiana community. The event cele  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, vice chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news on March 7, 2025: * * * JEC Establishes Committee Leadership for the 119th Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last week, the Joint Economic Committee concluded its committee organizational vote to adopt the committee's leadership for the 119th Congress. Chairman David Schweikert (R-AZ-01) and Vice Chairman Eric Schmitt (R-MO) formally ratified the committee's membership,  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 8 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve has announced applications under the Change in Bank Control Act, allowing individuals and entities to acquire shares in specific banks and bank holding companies. The applications involve various parties, including trustees and investors seeking to retain or gain control of financial institutions. Notably, a group from Kentucky, including Michael Radcliffe, Jason Jones, and Kathy Seaford, alongside Fiduciary Trust Services, LLC, and other indi  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on March 6, 2025: * * * Spartz Introduces Delphi Retirees Pension Restoration Act US House of Representatives Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (IN-05) and thirteen of her House colleagues introduced bipartisan legislation to fully restore retirement benefits of the Delphi retirees. In 2009, over twenty thousand salaried employees lost their full benefits due to the auto industry co  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, issued the following news release on March 6, 2025: * * * Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Holds Hearing Addressing Broadband Deployment WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing titled Fixing Biden's Broadband Blunder. "I hope this new Congre  more