KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Kansas - Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Kansas were 69,958, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 61,651, the U.S. Bureau of Lab  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Oklahoma - Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Oklahoma were 80,656, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 73,255, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Wyoming - Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Wyoming were 18,894, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 18,048, the U.S. Bureau of L  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * During the Great American Farmers Market, Secretary Rollins Removes Unhealthy Food from SNAP * (Washington, D.C., August 4, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, joined by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., hosted Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey and signed six new food choice state waivers to further advance Pre  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Houchin, Hoyle, LaLota Lead Bipartisan Effort to Get Fire Fighters with Parkinson's the Care They Need * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Recently, U.S. Representatives Erin Houchin (IN-09), Val Hoyle (OR-04), and Nick LaLota (NY-01) introduced the bipartisan Parkinson's Protection for Fire Fighters Act of 2025 to provide medical coverage and increased support for fire fighters who develop symptoms of Parkinson's   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Pallone, Planned Parenthood Action Fund President Say New Republican Law Will Hurt Patients and Providers in New Jersey * NJ 6th District Congressman warns Republicans' Big Ugly Bill signed by Trump bars Medicaid Patients from using their insurance at Planned Parenthood health centers for essential services and preventative care PERTH AMBOY, NJ - At the Planned Parenthood health center in P  more