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 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 24, 2025 NAVY Black Construction - Tutor Perini JV, Harmon, Guam (N62742-25-D-1327); CDM Constructors Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (N62742-25-D-1328); Conti Federal Services LLC, Orlando, Florida (N62742-25-D-1329); ECC Expeditionary Constructors LLC, Burlingame, California (N62742-25-D-1330); Icon SI (AUST) Pty Ltd., Richmond, Victoria, Australia (N62742-25-D-1331); MVL USA Inc., Lans  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Fact Sheet: The GENIUS Act Bolsters National Security Washington, D.C. - The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, legislation led by Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and co-sponsored by Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The FBI issued the following news release on April 24, 2025: * * * FBI Surges Resources to Nigeria to Combat Financially Motivated Sextortion The FBI conducted a first-of-its-kind global operation to address the dangerous rise in American suicides attributed to this crime. Today, the FBI is announcing a global operation to combat financially motivated sextortion schemes operating out of Nigeria. In coordination with multiple law enforcement partners, the FBI conducted  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 25 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Announces First Quarter 2025 Operating Highlights and Declares Dividend ATLANTA, April 24, 2025 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (the Bank) today released preliminary unaudited financial highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. All numbers reported below for the first quarter of 2025 are approxi  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham Applauds Trump Administration Funding I-95 Bridge Project WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) joined federal and state officials in celebrating news from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) would receive the Trump Administration's first federal grant agreement under the Bridge Investment Prog  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Scott Praises President Trump's Commitment to Opportunity and Innovation at HBCUs "A historic step forward for innovation, opportunity, and educational excellence." WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) praised President Donald J. Trump's newly signed executive order promoting excellence and innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The executiv  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 24, 2025: * * * Three Members of an International Money Laundering Organization Charged with Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds A federal grand jury in Florence, South Carolina, returned an indictment on April 22, charging Nasir Ullah, 28, and Naim Ullah, 32, both of Sumter, South Carolina, and Puquan Huang, 49, of Buford, Georgia, with conspiring to launder millions of dollars of pr  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. William Timmons, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Timmons Op-ed Opposing Paris Mountain Development Project In a new op-ed in The Post and Courier, Congressman William Timmons (SC-04) makes the case against a proposed luxury hotel development on Paris Mountain, which has stirred strong public reaction across the Upstate. Residents and local officials have voiced serious concerns over traffic, safety, environmental impact, and preservation  more