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News Tipoffs - Mississippi Editors Newsletter for Friday June 06, 2025 ( 6 items )  

BLS: South Dakota Had Lowest Unemployment Rate in April 2025 at 1.8 Percent
WASHINGTON, June 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on June 3, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * South Dakota had lowest unemployment rate in April 2025 at 1.8 percent From April 2024 to April 2025, 26 states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate increases from a year earlier, 1 state had a decrease, and 23 states had little change. The national unemployment rate was 4.2 percent, 0.3 percentage point higher than a   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

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Homewise Award $25K to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Woman to Buy First Home
DALLAS, Texas, June 5 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Homewise Award $25K to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Woman to Buy First Home * Ivon Moncada, seen here with two of her children, received a $25,000 grant through FHLB Dallas member Homewise to help her buy a home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, June 2, 2025--The saying "Things happen when they  more

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Wells Fargo Celebrate Grand Opening of Affordable Apartments
DALLAS, Texas, June 5 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Wells Fargo Celebrate Grand Opening of Affordable Apartments * With scissors in hand and smiles all around, representatives from FHLB Dallas, Wells Fargo and CC Housing joined community leaders in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, to celebrate the grand opening of Felician Villa Apartments I and II, an afforda  more

Gang Member Convicted by Jury for his Part in Murder
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Gang Member Convicted by Jury for his Part in Murder * Following a one-week trial, a federal jury in Memphis convicted a member of the Unknown Vice Lords (UVL) -- a violent street gang in Memphis -- for his involvement in a gang-related murder, after deliberating for less than hour. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Vincent Grant, also know as "V-Slash," 41, of Memphis,  more

Miss. Ag Commissioner Andy Gipson Announces Details Ahead of the 166th Mississippi State Fair
JACKSON, Mississippi, June 6 -- The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce issued the following news release on June 5, 2025: * * * Ag Commissioner Andy Gipson Announces Details Ahead of the 166th Mississippi State Fair Discounted Tickets Now Available for a Limited Time * STATE FAIRGROUNDS, Miss. - Today, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced new details at a press conference ahead of the 166th Mississippi State Fair, which will be held October 2-13, 20  more