ATLANTA, Georgia, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 16, 2025, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS - May 2024": * * * Workers in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.13 in May 2024, compared to the nationwide average of $32.66, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Co  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 16, 2025, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Hattiesburg, MS - May 2024": * * * Workers in the Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $22.72 in May 2024, compared to the nationwide average of $32.66, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commission  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 16, 2025, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Jackson, MS - May 2024": * * * Workers in the Jackson, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.86 in May 2024, compared to the nationwide average of $32.66, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victo  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * Into the eye of a storm on the wings of an Albatross The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) Instantly, sunlight! No wind. Clear skies. The sea surface was flat and o  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, May 17 -- The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * Record-high 77.3% of Mississippi third graders pass state reading assessment on first attempt in 2025 JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Department of Education announces that 25,399 or 77.3%, - the highest-percentage ever - of third graders passed the initial administration of the third-grade reading assessment given this spring for the 2024-25 school year. "These r  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, May 16 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Tulsa District issued the following news: * * * Tulsa District awards contract for repairs at three locks and dams in Oklahoma By Brannen Parrish, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a construction contract to Alltech Engineering Corp for repairs to three locks and dams on the Oklahoma segment of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, May 15. The $8.45   more