WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-0565) on April 24, 2025, entitled "Productivity and Costs by Industry": * * * MANUFACTURING AND MINING INDUSTRIES - 2024 * * * Labor productivity decreased in 52 of the 86 four-digit NAICS manufacturing industries in 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Among durable manufacturing industries, 22 of 51 had productivity increases in 2024, led   more

BOONE, North Carolina, April 24 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Diminishing environmental reviews would endanger public health, safety and the environment April 24, 2025 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (276) 289-1018, dan@appvoices.org Yesterday, the Department of Interior announced plans to weaken environmental reviews to under a month for a wide range of energy projects, including coal, oil and gas production, transmiss  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 23, 2025, to FoxNews.com: * * * Can President Trump Fix Harvard? By Ilya Shapiro Universities have a long way to go to return to their mission Public trust in our universities is lower than it's ever been, with 32 percent of Americans having "very little to no confidence" in higher education. That's up from 20 percent before October 7, 2023, when the higher-ed crisis was thrust into the nati  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump Kicks Off Massive Push to Exploit National Public Lands WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Interior Department is examining ways to allow fossil fuel and mining companies to ramp up exploitation of public lands by rolling back protections on at least six national monuments in four states, the Washington Post reported today. The rollbacks are likely to impact a newly protected area in Arizona near   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 24 -- Yale University issued the following news release: * * * Yale scientists find two new fish species in Alabama streams -- and they're already imperiled The discovery of two new fish species in Alabama points to scientific methods that can help protect the Earth's biodiversity. Yale researchers have discovered two new species of darter -- small, colorful freshwater fishes -- inhabiting short stretches of creeks and streams in central Alabama. And they alre  more