WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 20, 2025 NAVY Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $141,050,000 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-21-C-5411) to procure Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) production spares. This contract combines purchases for the governments of Japan (57%), Australia (19%), Netherlands (13%), Spain (6%), and Germany (5%) under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) progr  more

HELENA, Montana, March 20 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Gianforte Underscores Burden of Business Equipment Tax Highlights proposal to raise tax exemption to $3 million for small businesses, farms, ranches * March 20 2025 HELENA, Mont. - Rounding out National Agriculture Week, Governor Greg Gianforte today highlighted the need for additional reforms to the business equipment tax during a press conference. "Over the last four years,  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending March 15, 2025. * * * REVISION TO SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT FACTORS Note: Calendar Year (CY) 2025 seasonal factors and revised seasonal factors for CY 2020-2024 for both initial claims and continued claims will be available at https://www.bls.gov/lau/seasonal-adjustment-for-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims.htm by 12:00 P.M. (Eastern) on Thursday,  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news: * * * TransBorder Freight Annual Report 2024 BTS 16-25 This release is published on a fixed schedule as required by the Office of Management and Budget, and statistics in this release may be revised when inputs to the statistics are corrected or updated. Data on the program page of this website are the most up-to-date and complete. The Bureau of Transportation Stati  more