WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-0375) on March 17, 2025, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - January 2025": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in January in 1 state and stable in 49 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-two states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 2 states had decreases, and 16 states and the Dis  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on January 1, 2025, entitled "Habitat management for stopover and breeding songbird communities along rights-of-way in forest-dominated landscapes." Here are excerpts: * * * The proliferation of energy rights-of-way (pipelines and powerlines; ROWs) in the central Appalachian region has prompted wildlife management agencies to consider ways to use these features to  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on Jan. 1, 2025, entitled "Mid-Atlantic big brown and eastern red bats: Relationships between acoustic activity and reproductive phenology." Here are excerpts: * * * Acoustic data are often used to describe bat activity, including habitat use within the summer reproductive period. These data inform management activities that potentially impact bats, currently a ta  more

BROOKLYN, New York, March 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * High-Ranking Member of "Black Rain" Drug Crew Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for His Involvement in Three Cold Case Murders Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Jerome Jones, also known as "Sha," was sentenced by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis to 30 years' imprisonment for his role in the 1991 murder of Oscar Flow and the 199  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released the following public communication dated March 3, 2025, from the Oceantic Network: * * * To: Lindy Nelson, NEPA Coordinator Environmental Branch for Renewable Energy Bureau Ocean Energy Management 45600 Woodland Road, VAM-OREP Sterling, VA, 20166 Re: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a Construction and Operations Plan Submitted by Vineyard Mid-Atlantic  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening statement from a March 5, 2025, confirmation hearing for David Fotouhi to be deputy administrator and Aaron Szabo to be assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation of the Environmental Protection Agency: * * * "Today we will receive testimony from David Fotouhi, the nominee to serve as the Environmental Protection Agen  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 19 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news on March 17, 2025: * * * Governor Patrick Morrisey Announces Investigation Into West Virginia Basketball Snub Charleston, W.Va. - Today, Governor Patrick Morrisey and Attorney General JB McCuskey announced an investigation into the National Corrupt Athletic Association (NCAA) and the NCAA Men's Tournament Selection Committee after West Virginia University (WVU) was left out of the tourname  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 19 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news on March 18, 2025: * * * Governor Patrick Morrisey, Industry Leaders Ask Legislature to Pass Power Generation and Consumption Act Proposed legislation opens the door for microgrids and data centers to enter West Virginia Charleston, W.Va. - Today, Governor Patrick Morrisey stood with natural resource industry and educational leaders to ask the West Virginia Legislature to pass the Power G  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, March 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: * * * West Virginia Residents Sentenced for Roles in Drug Trafficking Operation CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Monongalia County residents have been sentenced for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy operating in the Northern District of West Virginia. Jennifer Clapper, 37, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced to 41 months in fed  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The White House issued the following news: * * * President Trump Is Delivering Needed Economic Relief Americans are continuing to see the benefits as the economic agenda of President Donald J. Trump and his administration comes into focus. After years of soaring prices and economic pain, the Trump Administration's focus on cutting regulations and unleashing American energy is leading to stability for Americans' bottom lines. EGGS: The average wholesale price of eggs   more