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News Tipoffs - Connecticut Editors Newsletter for Friday August 01, 2025 ( 2 items )  

BLS: Job Openings Rate Above 6.0 Percent in Alaska and West Virginia in 2024
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

Texas, DARPA to Establish Testbed to Use Autonomy to Fight Wildfires
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency issued the following news: * * * Texas, DARPA to establish testbed to use autonomy to fight wildfires Partnership aims to rapidly scale ALIAS technology to save civilian lives and property, develop capability for the warfighter * DARPA is partnering with the Texas A&M University System's George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC) to advance capabilities for autonomous wildland firefighting. The initiative will tap k  more