WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on May 7, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * Employment up in 23 metro areas, down in 1 area, over the year ended March 2025 From March 2024 to March 2025, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 23 metropolitan areas, decreased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 363 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Barnstable Town, Massachusett  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release on May 7, 2025: * * * Interior Secures 18 Short-Term Agreements to Boost Colorado River Conservation Arizona and California agreements will conserve 321,000 acre-feet of water through 2026 to help sustain Lake Mead WASHINGTON -- Today, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation marked major progress for the continued short-term health of the Colorado River Syst  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 7 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * California sues Trump administration for illegally withholding billions in bipartisan infrastructure funds: 'Another Trump gift to China' SACRAMENTO -- Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced today that a multi-state lawsuit was filed in federal court challenging actions taken by President Trump's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to thwart Congress's $5 billio  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 7, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Freedom Fresh LLC,* Medley, Florida, has been awarded a maximum $348,000,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fresh fruits and vegetables. This was a competitive acquisition with five responses received. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. The ordering period end date is May 4,  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * ABPDU: A Catalyst for the U.S. Biomanufacturing Sector Facility helps scale up new products for the market The Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit, or ABPDU, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office and run by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), was established in 2009 to help biomanufacturing compani  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 6 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces appointments 5.6.25 SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Paul Henderson, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the California African American Museum Board of Directors. Henderson has been the Executive Director at the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability since 2017. He was a Senior Policy Advisor with B  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 7 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces judicial appointments 5.7.25 SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his nomination of three Court of Appeal Justices: Associate Justice Helen Zukin as Presiding Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Four, Judge Mark Hanasono as Associate Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Three, and, pending confirmation of Ju  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Homes Direct to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination and Retaliation Charge Federal Agency Investigation Revealed Home Dealer Fired Employee After She Requested Reasonable Accommodation for Disability SEATTLE - Homes Direct of Oregon, LLC, a manufactured and modular homes dealer with thirteen locations in Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona and New Mexico, has signed a conciliation  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on May 7 , 2025: * * * HUD Provides $1.8 million to Support Youth Aging Out of Foster Care on Anniversary of First Lady Melania Trump's BE BEST Initiative Announcement is part of National Foster Care Month and a continuation of HUD's successful Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) program WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner, in collaborat  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE, multiagency case dismantles active identity of theft mill, organized retail scheme spanning 7 California counties LOS ANGELES - Felony charges were filed April 24, against three people involved in a suspected identity theft mill, where stolen identities were used in an organized retail crime scheme. This investigation began with a referral from a Si  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Interior Secures 18 Short-Term Agreements to Boost Colorado River Conservation Date: May 7, 2025 Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov WASHINGTON -- Today, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation marked major progress for the continued short-term health of the Colorado River System. Eighteen short-term System Conservation Implementation agreements with water entitlement ho  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 8 -- Gov. Josh Stein, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on May 7, 2025: * * * NC Breaks Tourism Spending Record, Continues to Be #5 Most Visited State Tourism economy shows resiliency post Helene as travelers directly add $37 billion to the state economy Governor Josh Stein announced today that the overall North Carolina tourism economy held strong against the headwinds of Hurricane Helene. Travelers spent more than $36.7 billion on trips to an  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * New process improves efficiency, security of contract awards at NUWC Division Keyport KEYPORT, Wash. - A recent continuous process improvement effort at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport has streamlined the way the command handles the Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification form, or DD254, a key document for communicating security requirements in classified contract  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * NUWC Division, Keyport Future Capabilities Office Department Head Scott Shimizu recognized with Special Act Award KEYPORT, Wash. - Scott Shimizu, head of the Future Capabilities Office at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport, was recently honored with a Special Act Award in recognition of his 36 years of distinguished service to the command. The award citation praised Shimizu's dedication to the   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened investigations into 45 universities under Title VI following OCR's February 14 Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) that reiterated schools' civil rights obligations to end the use of racial preferences and stereotypes in e  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The FBI issued the following news release: * * * Operation Restore Justice: FBI Arrests 205 Alleged Child Sex Abuse Offenders in Nationwide Crackdown Three Arrested and Charged in the District of Alaska Through the Initiative In an unprecedented nationwide operation to protect our children and mark April's National Child Abuse Prevention Month, the FBI announces Operation Restore Justice, a five-day, sweeping FBI initiative to identify, track, and arrest child sex predat  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 8 -- The Arizona State Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news release: * * * President Petersen Announces Victory in Lawsuit Opposing California's Electric-Truck Mandates PHOENIX, ARIZONA--Senate President Warren Petersen is celebrating a victory against a radical and costly rule imposed by the State of California requiring trucking operators to buy expensive electric trucks and retire their diesel-fueled models. After President Petersen and the Arizona Legi  more

MENLO PARK, California, May 8 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * What will it take to bring fusion energy to the US power grid? In this Q&A, Arianna Gleason discusses the technologies needed to make commercialized fusion energy a reality and how SLAC is advancing this energy frontier. Arianna Gleason is an award-winning scientist at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory who studies matter in its most extreme forms -  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 7 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * State invests nearly $33 billion in cap-and-trade dollars to make communities cleaner and healthier SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that nearly $33 billion has been raised from polluters to fund climate solutions in communities across the state with money from the state's cap-and-trade program, according to a new report published by the California Air Resources Board (  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 7 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Tale of two trains: California high-speed rail leaves Texas in the dust SACRAMENTO -- What's the main difference between California high-speed rail and Texas high-speed rail? California's system is under construction; Texas' has yet to break ground. California has transitioned from vision and ideas to active construction and tangible economic benefits, while the Texas project remains a  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: * * * U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's NIKE Laser-Target Facility Helps to Advance Department of Defense Nuclear Mission The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has announced a new strategic direction for its NIKE laser-target facility to align its world-class capabilities with the Department of Defense's (DoD) nuclear strategic priorities. The new strategic direction marks a shift from the facility's historical focus on De  more