JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * AFIMSC preparing Deployable Combat Wings for mission success JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas - The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is playing a vital role in the standup of Air Force Deployable Combat Wings, providing essential support in key areas including site assessments, personnel planning, resource allocation and training operatio  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: * * * AFIMSC preparing Deployable Combat Wings for mission success The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is playing a vital role in the standup of Air Force Deployable Combat Wings, providing essential support in key areas including site assessments, personnel planning, resource allocation and training operations. By laying the groundwork for  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 21, 2025, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Charleston-North Charleston, SC - May 2024": * * * Workers in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $29.65 in May 2024, compared to the nationwide average of $32.66, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics rep  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 21, 2025, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Columbia, SC - May 2024": * * * Workers in the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.69 in May 2024, compared to the nationwide average of $32.66, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Vic  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 21, 2025, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Florence, SC - May 2024": * * * Workers in the Florence, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.87 in May 2024, compared to the nationwide average of $32.66, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Vic  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 21, 2025, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC - May 2024": * * * Workers in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.49 in May 2024, compared to the nationwide average of $32.66, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporte  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 21, 2025, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC - May 2024": * * * Workers in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.21 in May 2024, compared to the nationwide average of $32.66, the U.S. Bureau o  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 21, 2025, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC - May 2024": * * * Workers in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $22.87 in May 2024, compared to the nationwide average of $32.66, the U.S. Bureau o  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 21, 2025, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Spartanburg, SC - May 2024": * * * Workers in the Spartanburg, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $26.68 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 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 21, 2025, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Sumter, SC - May 2024": * * * Workers in the Sumter, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $24.97 in May 2024, compared to the nationwide average of $32.66, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victori  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-0849) on May 21, 2025, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - April 2025": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in April in 3 states and the District of Columbia, lower in 2 states, and stable in 45 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-six states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 1 state had a decr  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 21, 2025 ARMY Palantir USG Inc., Palo Alto, California, was awarded a $795,000,000 modification (P00005) to contract W911QX-24-D-0012 for Maven Smart System software licenses. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of May 28, 2029. Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity. (Awarded May  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham-Blumenthal Hard-Hitting Russia Sanctions Bill Has Over 80 Cosponsors WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) today made this joint statement after their legislation to impose primary and secondary sanctions against Russia and actors supporting Russia's aggression in Ukraine reached 81 cosponsors in the U.S. Senate. These san  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham: Moral Clarity Will Conquer Evil Regimes WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today spoke on the Senate floor about peace through strength and moral clarity during dangerous times. On moral clarity during dangerous times: * GRAHAM : "There are so many things going on in the world right now that are very dangerous. You have Iran close to a nuclear breakout. Y  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is rescinding 36 Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) bulletins. This action by the Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP) aims to streamline regulations, as many of the bulletins are now considered outdated, expired, or superseded by recent executive actions, specifically Executive Order (E.O.) 14148, "Initial Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions," issued on January 20, 2025. The rescinded bulletins cover a   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Fight to Protect Head Start, Meals on Wheels, Social Services from Republican Budget Cuts WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Democratic Senate colleagues in sending an open letter to the public exposing the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans' plan to gut Head Start, Meals on Wheels, and other essential social servi  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 22 -- The South Carolina Department of Commerce posted the following news on May 21, 2025: * * * Homanit selects Clarendon County to establish US manufacturing operation $250 million investment will create 300 new jobs COLUMBIA, S.C. - Homanit, a leading manufacturer of wood materials, today announced it selects Clarendon County to establish the company's U.S. manufacturing operation. The $250 million investment will create 300 new jobs. Headquartered in Germa  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has announced its intent to conduct a comprehensive environmental review for the H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2 (RNP). This significant step follows an application from Duke Energy Progress, LLC, seeking a subsequent 20-year renewal of the plant's operating license. The RNP, situated in Darlington County, South Carolina, approximately five miles west-northwest of Hartsville, currently holds a license set  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on May 20, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, the American people extend their congratulations to President-Elect Nicusor Dan on decisively winning the runoff election, as an independent, to become the President of Romania held on May 18, 2025. The President-elect's political career as the leader of the Save Romania Union (USR) party began in 2016, dur  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, issued the following floor remarks on May 20, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, history indicates President Donald Trump would have prevented the invasion of Ukraine by war criminal Putin as part of the Putin scheme to resurrect the failed Soviet Union by annexing Belarus, occupying Moldova, invading Georgia and then Ukraine, su  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 22 -- The South Carolina Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on May 21, 2025: * * * 13 SC Entrepreneurs Awarded Funding for Agribusinesses COLUMBIA - Thirteen entrepreneurs will share $200,000 in funding for their agribusiness ventures through the South Carolina Department of Agriculture's Agribusiness Center for Research and Entrepreneurship (ACRE). Finalists for ACRE's Advanced Entrepreneurship Program were scored by a panel of judges b  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation has voiced strong opposition to the proposed listing of the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the organization argued that such a designation would severely harm the state's agricultural industry and economic stability. "This decision would carry a drastic negative impact to South Carolina's agricultural industry, and the econom  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Scott, Banking Republicans Raise Concerns Over Proxy Advisors' Influence of U.S. Public Companies "While your influence over corporate governance has grown substantially, your practices have increasingly departed from sound economic principles, undermining the interests of shareholders and the competitiveness of U.S. capital mark  more