SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 26, 2025, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Nevada - Third Quarter 2024": * * * Employment rose in one of Nevada's two large counties from September 2023 to September 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are the 369 U.S. counties or county equivalents with annual average e  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 26, 2025, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Washington - Third Quarter 2024": * * * Employment rose in 9 of the 10 largest counties in Washington from September 2023 to September 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are the 369 U.S. counties or county equivalents with annu  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 26, 2025 AIR FORCE Aptim Federal Services LLC, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (FA8903-25-D-0036); Aytekin-Serol Eng. Construction Inc., Mahallesi Seyhan Adana, Turkey (FA8903-25-D-0037); Bristol Communication & Power Systems LLC, Anchorage, Alaska (FA8903-25-D-0038); Catawba Day & Zimmerman LLC, Rock Hill, South Carolina (FA8903-25-D-0039); CMS Corp., Bargersville, Indiana (FA8903-25-D-0040);  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on March 26, 2025: * * * Laser Strikes on Aircraft Continue to be Dangerously High WASHINGTON -- Pilots reported 12,840 laser strikes to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last year. While that is a 3 percent decrease from 2023, the numbers are still too high. Shining a laser at an aircraft poses a serious safety threat and is a federal crime. Lasers can inc  more

PASADENA, California, March 26 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * How NASA's Perseverance Is Helping Prepare Astronauts for Mars NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 to search for signs of ancient microbial life and to help scientists understand the planet's climate and geography. But another key objective is to pave the way for human exploration of Mars, and as part of that effort, the rover carries a set of five spacesuit material samples  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * How NASA's Perseverance Is Helping Prepare Astronauts for Mars The rover carries several swatches of spacesuit materials, and scientists are assessing how they've held up after four years on the Red Planet. NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 to search for signs of ancient microbial life and to help scientists understand the planet's climate and geography. But another key objective is to pave the way for human  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 26 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Investing in California's creative economy: Governor Newsom welcomes Vogue World event to Hollywood HOLLYWOOD - Governor Newsom today joined Vogue for the announcement of this year's Vogue World event, which will be hosted in Hollywood this October. At Vogue's press event, Governor Newsom joined Anna Wintour, Vogue Editor-in-Chief and Global Chief Content Editor of Conde Nast, to prom  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Starling and SpaceX Starlink Improve Space Traffic Coordination As missions to low Earth orbit become more frequent, space traffic coordination remains a key element to efficiently operating in space. Different satellite operators using autonomous systems need to operate together and manage increasing workloads. NASA's Starling spacecraft swarm recently tested a coordination with SpaceX's Starlink constellation, demons  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Sky's Not the Limit: Testing Precision Landing Tech for Future Space Missions Nestled in a pod under an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft wing, flying above California, and traveling up to the speed of sound, NASA put a commercial sensor technology to the test. The flight tests demonstrated the sensor accuracy and navigation precision in challenging conditions, helping prepare the technology to land robots and astronauts on the Moon a  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36312) entitled "Oakland Global Rail Enterprise - Operation Exemption - In Oakland, California": * * * On February 4, 2022, Oakland Global Rail Enterprise (OGRE), a noncarrier, filed a petition under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10502 for exemption from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10901 for OGRE to operate over approximately 18.2 miles of track locat  more