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

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

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

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Budd, Scott, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Stop Federal Government Overreach in Small Business Lending * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) joined Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) in reintroducing the Protecting Access to Credit for Small Businesses Act to protect community banks and credit unions from competing with the federal government. The bill does so by prohibiting a Bide  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA invests $106M to keep working forests working * (Washington, D.C., July 31, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the U.S. Forest Service is investing $106 million to support state and landowner efforts to conserve private working forestlands across the country. Funded through the Forest Legacy Program, these projects will protect forests vital to the econ  more