WASHINGTON, July 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-1181) on July 22, 2025, entitled "Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers Second Quarter 2025": * * * Median weekly earnings of the nation's 121.5 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,196 in the second quarter of 2025 (not seasonally adjusted), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was 4.6 percent higher than a year earlier  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Celebrating Habitat Month * July is Habitat Month at NOAA Fisheries! All month long, we'll be sharing how we protect and restore habitat to sustain our nation's fisheries, recover endangered species, and support coastal communities. NOAA conserves habitats like wetlands, rivers, and coral reefs to support fisheries--but habitat isn't valuable just for the home it provides for fish an  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. CES-25-45) entitled "Credit Access in the U.S." The paper was written by Trevor J. Bakker, Stefanie DeLuca, Eric A. English, Jamie Fogel, Nathaniel Hendren and Daniel Herbst. Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction Many aspects of our background, such as parental income, race, and our hometown, influence our outcomes in adulthood. Theoretically, access to affordable credit provides a pathway to ove  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard national security cutter returns to California following 121-day Bering Sea patrol * ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) returned to their Alameda home port Wednesday following a 20,000-nautical-mile, 121-day deployment patrolling the Bering Sea. Munro departed Alameda mid-March and operated throughout the Bering Sea during  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Interior Department Advances Energy Dominance through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act * WASHINGTON -- Following President Trump's signing of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or H.R. 1, the Department of the Interior is implementing key changes that will promote U.S. energy production, timber development and other regulatory actions needed to ensure the responsible management of our natural resou  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Washington Hunting Guide and Outfitting Company Enter Guilty Pleas to Lacey Act Crime * Branden Trager of Brush Prairie, Washington, and his guiding company Mayhem Services LLC pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Tacoma to violating the Lacey Act. In pleading guilty, Trager admitted he and Mayhem Services violated the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) during a January 2023 hunting trip in  more