WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * The District of Columbia had the highest unemployment rate in July 2025 at 6.0 percent In July 2025, the District of Columbia had the highest unemployment rate, 6.0 percent. The next highest rates were in California, 5.5 percent, and Nevada, 5.4 percent. South Dakota had the lowest jobless rate in July, 1.9 percent. In total, 21 states had unemploy  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. P30-10) by Isabelle R. Notter and Sara Robinson entitled "Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: 2021." Here are excerpts: * * * HIGHLIGHTS * Based on median household income estimates for the 3,142 counties in the United States, 73.1 percent (2,298 counties) did not experience a significant change in real median household income between 2007 - the year before the Great Recession - and 2021. In the sam  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following decision (Case No. WA-RP-24-0078): * * * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE (Agency) and LOCAL 713-S, PRINTING, PACKAGING & PRODUCTION WORKERS UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (Incumbent/Labor Organization) and INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS (Petitioner/Labor Organization) WA RP 24 0078 ORDER DENYING APPLICATION FOR REVIEW * * * Before the Authority: Colleen Duffy Kiko, Chairman, and Anne Wagner, Me  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 29 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service issued the following news: * * * Twenty Years After Katrina: NOAA Satellite Advancements for Hurricane Forecasts and Tracking Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and coastal Mississippi. It was one of the deadliest hurricanes on record and remains the costliest hurricane in U.S. history. The 2005 Atlantic hurricane seas  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA Expands Efforts to Strengthen Rural Food Animal Veterinary Workforce and Protect America's Food Supply * (Washington, D.C., August 28, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced a commitment to new actions (PDF, 1.2 MB) to increase the number of rural food animal veterinarians across the U.S. and recruit new veterinarians to join the U.S. Department of Agricult  more