WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration is issuing an interim final rule to change the way it calculates the hourly Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) for temporary foreign workers employed in agricultural labor under the H-2A nonimmigrant status. This action revises the methodology for determining these wages for non-range occupations. For the majority of H-2A job opportunities, the Employment and Training Administration will now use wag  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The Reid Family Control Group has applied to the Federal Reserve System to retain voting shares of Independence Bancshares Inc., and its subsidiary, Independence Bank of Kentucky, both based in Owensboro. The application was filed under the Change in Bank Control Act and involves a group of individuals seeking to join the existing family control group. The applicants wish to maintain their ownership of the voting shares in the bank holding company and the bank. The  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Flash Report: Biden's TSA Targeted Veterans, Lawmakers, and Air Marshal's Wife Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee opened an investigation into TSA's Quiet Skies program in 2024 after reports it was weaponized against Americans. Today, Dr. Paul released a flash report (https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/flash-report-final-1.pdf) of his fin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following commentary to the Washington Times: * * * AI needs power. Nuclear energy delivers "It's been more than 80 years since Enrico Fermi first harnessed the power of the atom in his Chicago-based lab. Since that first moment of nuclear power production, the United States has led the world in the development and deployment of nuclear technology. "Now, at the dawn of the new  more