WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on Dec. 17, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * 18 states had unemployment rate increases from September 2024 to September 2025 From September 2024 to September 2025, 18 states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate increases from a year earlier, 9 states had decreases, and 23 states had little change. The national unemployment rate, 4.4 percent, was 0.3 percentage   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues United Pride Dairy for National Origin Discrimination and Sexual Harassment * Federal lawsuit says farm mistreated Mexican workers and negatively stereotyped American workers MILWAUKEE - United Pride Dairy LLC, a dairy farm in Phillips, Wisconsin, violated federal law when it subjected three employees of Mexican origin to disparate treatment in the terms and conditions of e  more