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News Tipoffs - Alabama Editors Newsletter for Friday June 06, 2025 ( 3 items )  

BLS: Unemployment Rates Under 3.0 Percent in 77 Metropolitan Areas in April 2025
WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Unemployment rates under 3.0 percent in 77 metropolitan areas in April 2025 Unemployment rates were higher in April 2025 than a year earlier in 286 of the 387 metropolitan areas, lower in 72 areas, and unchanged in 29 areas. A total of 77 metropolitan areas had unemployment rates of less than 3.0 percent and 8 areas had rates of at least 8.0 percent  more

EEOC Sues Ground Zero Blues Club for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Ground Zero Blues Club for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation * Federal Agency Charges Biloxi Blues Venue Fired Assistant Manager for Opposing Co-Owner's Sexual Harassment MOBILE, Ala. - Ground Zero Biloxi LLC, which operates a blues club located in Biloxi, Mississippi, violated federal law by subjecting an assistant manager to sexual harassment by one of its co-owners and fi  more

Trump Administration Expands Investment in Coal Country to Fuel Jobs and Economic Growth
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Expands Investment in Coal Country to Fuel Jobs and Economic Growth * Date: June 5, 2025 Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov WASHINGTON -- The Department of the Interior today announced the availability of $130 million in fiscal year 2025 funding through the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization Program--an initiative aimed at turning legacy coal mining sites int  more