WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following tip sheet: The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with federal, state and local health officials, will begin a phased restart of some 2020 Census field operations in 11 additional states and Puerto Rico the week of May 18. The places that will begin a phased restart of operations are: - Arizona - Colorado - Indiana - Iowa - Louisiana - Nebraska - Nevada - New Mexico - New York (Rochester) - Puerto Rico - Rhode Islan  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release on May 18: Real state personal income grew 3.4 percent in 2018, after increasing 2.9 percent in 2017, according to estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Real state personal income is a state's current-dollar personal income adjusted by the state's regional price parity and the national personal consumption expenditures price index. The percent change in real sta  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA has approved crisis counseling assistance for Wyoming residents struggling with stress and anxiety as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The assistance is being made available under the major disaster declaration previously approved by President Trump. FEMA will continue to support the state on establishing its specific program and approve submit  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release on May 15: As part of its new firm-fixed price approach to procuring Job Corps center operations, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that it has awarded contracts to operate four centers in Michigan, Wyoming, and New Hampshire. Administered by the Department's Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Job Corps is a national residential training and employment program designed to address the multiple ba  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Colorado, Missouri, and Wyoming have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or reduced-price meals dealing with school closures. Background: Color  more