WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from the Economics Daily: Hawaii had the highest rate of union membership in 2022, at 21.9 percent, followed by New York at 20.7 percent and Washington at 18.0 percent of employment. The rate of union membership for the United States was 10.1 percent in 2022, down from 10.3 percent in 2021. The states with the lowest rates of union membership in 2022 were South Carolina (1.7 percent),  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Feb. 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $18,914,000 from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in South Dakota. This investment, which is allocated to states and territories, will be made available to communities as grants through EPA's Emerging Conta  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * OSHA finds Siteworks Inc. gambling with workers' lives * * * Employees working for the same local contractor at two different Sioux Falls locations avoided tragedy after facing potentially deadly electrocution and trench cave-in hazards. On Aug. 18, 2022, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administ  more