WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on April 24, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * 11 states had hires rates of at least 4.0 percent in February Nationally, there were 5.4 million hires in February 2025. The hires rate, which is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of employment, was 3.4 percent. Montana was among the states with the highest hires rates, at 4.9 percent, followed by Alaska at  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on April 23, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * A look at employment for National Park Week Did you know that National Park Week is being celebrated from April 19 to April 27? There are about 500 federal museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks around the nation, employing 25,226 workers total in September 2024. Let's take a trek through some additional data. * * * Chart:   more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, April 25 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Wildfire restoration grants forecasted for May deployment State-backed grant funding to aid in landscape-scale wildfire restoration and recovery efforts is nearing deployment. The effort, undertaken by Governor Mark Gordon, will deliver nearly $50 million in legislatively-allocated funds for on-the-ground projects to prevent the spread of invasive annual grasses and restore resilient grass and  more