PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Virginia -- Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Virginia were 193,916, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 185,156, the U.S. Bure  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Congressional Black Caucus issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Black Caucus Statement on Retirement of Rep. Danny Davis * Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement: "Today, on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus, I extend our gratitude and highest respect to Congressman Danny Davis for his remarkable fifteen-term legacy of service to the peop  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Offers Amendment To Defense Appropriations Bill Prohibiting DOD Non-Reimbursable Support To DHS For Immigration Enforcement * July 31, 2025 Committee Republicans voted down the amendment, ignoring the excessive cost of using DOD resources and facilities to conduct DHS's immigration enforcement WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin's (D-IL), a member of the Sena  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Offers Amendment To Reinstate All NIH, Other Critical Grants That Have Been Unlawfully Terminated By The Trump Administration * July 31, 2025 NIH clinical trials and other research grants provide cures & hope to patients; Republicans in the Committee voted to block the amendment WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin's (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriatio  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Cassidy REMEDY Act To Lower Prescription Costs By Promoting Generic Competition * July 31, 2025 The REMEDY Act would lower prescription drug prices and promote competition by removing barrier to FDA approval for lower-cost generic drugs WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today introduced a bipartisan bill to tackle  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Coons, Schiff Introduce Resolution Recognizing Decaded-Long Human Rights Abuses In Eritrea * July 31, 2025 Resolution calls for basic political freedoms and release of political prisoners WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) along with U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) today introduced a resolution recognizing decades-long human rights a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Silver Cross for Religious and Disability Discrimination * Lawsuit charges hospital denied reasonable accommodations for COVID vaccine CHICAGO - Silver Cross Hospital, based in New Lenox, Illinois, violated federal law when it failed to provide a reasonable accommodation to employees who requested to be exempt from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine because of religious and disa  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The Federal Communications Commission has approved a request from U.S. Cellular Corp., Chicago, Illinois, to give up its eligible telecommunications carrier designations in four states. The decision, issued in an order (Docket No. DA 25-687) by the chief of the telecommunications access policy division, Wireline Competition Bureau, was adopted and released on August 1, 2025. The relinquishment of UScellular's ETC designations in New Hampshire, North Carolina, Tennessee, an  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Federal Communications Commission has approved the renewal of the broadcast license for WSKC-CD, a Class A television station in Atlanta, Georgia, held by KM LPTV of Atlanta LLC, Skokie, Illinois. This decision (Docket No. DA 25-594) follows the adoption of a consent decree that resolves issues raised during the review of the renewal application and related investigation. The FCC's Media Bureau entered into the Consent Decree with the licensee after finding instances   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45997) on July 31, 2025, entitled "Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities - Structural Features and Function:" (Continued from Part 1 of 5) * * * Delta Regional Authority The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) was established in 2000 to address economic distress in the Mississippi River Delta region./47 The DRA aims to "improve regional economic opportunity by helping to create jobs, build   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45997) on July 31, 2025, entitled "Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities - Structural Features and Function:" (Continued from Part 2 of 5) * * * Great Lakes Authority The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328, Division O, Title IV, Sec.401) amended 40 U.S.C. Sec.15301(a) to establish the Great Lakes Authority (GLA). The structure and functions of the GLA are based on the   more