CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Iowa -- Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Iowa were 73,013, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 71,806, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Current Clinic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) advocating for the inclusion of cardiac electrophysiology (EP) procedures in the proposed Covered Procedure List (CPL) for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) in the upcoming 2026 payment system. The clinic argues that adding these procedures, particularly cardiac ablation, will enhance patient care accessibility and reduce healthcare costs. The l  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Nancy Mace Delivers For The Lowcountry: 1,500+ Constituent Cases Resolved In 2025 Alone * (Charleston, S.C., August 13, 2025) \- Congresswoman Nancy Mace (SC-01) announced her office has resolved 1,557 casework requests for Lowcountry residents this year alone, navigating constituents through casework needs from veterans' benefits and Social Security to Medicare and passport delays. Sinc  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River Site issued the following news release: * * * Waste Cleanup Momentum at SRS: 6th Tank Closure Milestone in 13 Months AIKEN, S.C. (August 13, 2025) -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has reached another milestone with concurrence from regulators that the Savannah River Site (SRS) has successfully removed waste from another highly radioactive waste tank. Tank 8 makes the   more