WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on July 30, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * Job openings rate above 6.0 percent in Alaska and West Virginia in 2024 Alaska's annual average job openings rate was 6.3 percent during 2024. Among other states with the highest job openings rates in 2024 were West Virginia (6.2 percent), and Kentucky, New Mexico, and South Carolina (each 5.8 percent). California, Washington, and   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 31 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Detroit newspaper publishes FFRF op-ed denouncing blasphemy law * * * * * * FFRF Regional Government Affairs Manager Mickey Dollens has had a piece published in the Detroit News decrying the state's still-standing blasphemy law. "Michigan is one of only six states that still have archaic anti-blasphemy laws, alongside Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 1 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * Massachusetts state senator is 'Secularist of the Week' for leading blasphemy repeal FFRF Action Fund's "Secularist of the Week" is Massachusetts state Sen. Rebecca Rausch for leading the legislative effort to repeal the state's a  more

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina, July 31 -- South Carolina State University issued the following news: * * * From porch plants to full ride: 10-year-old farmer gets scholarship offer from SC State Youngest USDA-certified farmer in the nation tours Orangeburg campus, visits SC State's research farm in Olar Author: Sam Watson ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- She's 10. She's a farmer. And she's already got a full ride to college. Atlanta resident Kendall Rae Johnson, the youngest USDA-certified farmer in the U  more

HARTSVILLE, South Carolina, Aug. 1 -- The South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * GSSM Foundation Receives $1,000 Grant from SPC Cares Foundation to Support Student Meal Plan HARTSVILLE, S.C. (June 31, 2025) - The Governor's School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) Foundation has received a $1,000 gift from the SPC Cares Foundation, the charitable arm of SPC Credit Union, based in Hartsville. The donation will help   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Secretary Chavez-DeRemer highlights President Trump's AI Action Plan, pro-worker accomplishments on 'America at Work' listening tour * MYRTLE BEACH, SC - U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer continued her nationwide America at Work listening tour this week starting on the West Coast in Washington state to discuss artificial intelligence, before heading to the East Coast and s  more

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina, July 31 -- South Carolina State University issued the following news: * * * SC State receives $11,000 scholarship gift honoring late Sen. John L. Scott Jr.'s legacy of education and public service Author: Sam Watson ORANGEBURG, S.C. - The South Carolina Independent Consumer Finance Association (SC ICFA) has donated $11,000 to South Carolina State University to support scholarships, honoring the legacy of the late state Sen. John L. Scott Jr. The renewed gift cont  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Scott Joins Fox Business to Discuss Historic Housing Package, Federal Reserve Oversight, and Digital Asset Market Structure Legislation Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Fox Business this morning to discuss the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act of 2025, comprehensive housing legis  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * Scott, Warren Lead Banking Committee in Unanimously Advancing Comprehensive Housing Legislation In the committee's first bipartisan housing markup in over a decade, Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led their colleagues in advancing the Renewing Opportunity in the American  more

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina, Aug. 1 -- Wofford College issued the following news: * * * Saving lives through research Papadopoulos Scholar's research on triple negative breast cancer could lead to breakthrough treatment * For Devin Ruppe '26, the future of cancer treatment isn't just theoretical -- it's personal. Ruppe is spending the summer at Emory University in Atlanta, where he's conducting research on a protein that could be used to treat triple negative breast cancer, the same aggres  more