WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from the Economics Daily: In December 2022, the unemployment rates in Alaska (4.3 percent) and Pennsylvania (3.9 percent) set all-time lows (all state unemployment data began in 1976). Utah had the lowest jobless rate in December 2022 (2.2 percent), followed by North Dakota and South Dakota (2.3 percent each). In total, 14 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 3.  more

ANDERSEN AFB, Guam, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: B-1B Lancers assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota landed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb 1. This Bomber Task Force mission demonstrates the bomber's ability to rapidly deploy anywhere, anytime and provide lethal precision global strike options for combatant commanders. "I, along with the entire 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, am excited to be bac  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced two Sully County, South Dakota, men convicted of False Statements in Connection with Federal Crop Insurance. The sentencing took place on January 30, 2023. James Garrett, age 68, was sentenced to 18 months in   more