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 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 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Experts Say Special Ops Has Made Good AI Progress, But There's Still Room to Grow The United States' special operations forces community has made commendable progress in embracing and integrating artificial intelligence into the battlespace over the past year, but it still has room to grow to keep pace with adversaries like China. That was one of the key messages from today's fireside chat at Special Operat  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 7 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Welcomes Consul General of the People's Republic of China Chen Li to Massachusetts Boston -- Governor Maura Healey today welcomed Ambassador H.E. Chen Li, Consul General of the Peoples Republic of China in New York, to the Massachusetts State House. "Today we welcomed Ambassador H.E. Chen Li to Massachusetts. We discussed our shared economic and cultural ties, and our  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 7 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces 'Literacy Launch Institutes' for Educators Boston -- The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that registration is open for a new teacher training opportunity, called Literacy Launch Institutes, that is focused on Pre-K through third grade literacy. As a core component of the administration's Literacy Launch: Reading Success from Age 3  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

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: * * * Professional development workshop planned for enlisted Airmen By Mark Wyatt, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Airmen are invited to attend an Enlisted Force Distribution Panel and Record-Building Workshop at the Minuteman Commons here May 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. Hosted by Hanscom's Rising 6 organization, organizers aim to equip senior airman to technical sergeants with the tools n  more