WASHINGTON, March 16 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from the Economics Daily: Over the year ended January 2023, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 47 states and was essentially unchanged in 3 states and the District of Columbia. Nevada had the largest percentage employment increase (6.0 percent), followed by Texas (5.0 percent) and Florida (4.9 percent). * * * Chart: Change in nonfarm employment by state, January 2022 t  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working with its federal, state, local, and non-governmental partners to support the needs of the areas that may be impacted by the significant atmospheric river events in California and Nevada. In light of these circumstances, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) remind the public that sites that  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following notice of proposed rulemaking (MB Docket No. 23-86; RM-11948) on March 14, 2023: * * * In the Matter of Amendment of section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Tecopa, California) Application for Construction Permit to Modify Station KRZQ(FM), Amargosa Valley, Nevada NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING By the Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. The   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: The Department of the Interior today announced it will commit more than $417 million for 47 projects dedicated to recreation improvement, wildlife habitat conservation, hazardous fuels reduction, wildfire prevention, and other purposes throughout Nevada and on the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Funding for the projects was generated through the sale of public lands under th  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, Jason M. Frierson, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: A federal grand jury in Las Vegas returned an indictment yesterday charging a health care staffing executive with conspiring to fix the wages of Las Vegas nurses, in violation of the Sherman Act. According to the one-count felony indictment, Eduardo Lopez, of Las Vegas, held executive positions at three different home health agencies. For each com  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 16 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on March 15, 2023, during his visit to the University of Nevada-Las Vegas on lowering prescription drugs costs: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Is there a doctor? Is there a doctor in the house? (Laughter.) Are there nurses in the house? (Applause.) Where are the nurses? Now, look, I've been a significant consumer of healthcare -- my family has. Doctors let you live. Nurses, male or female, make you want to live. (Laughter.) No,  more

RESTON, Virginia, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology are partnering to image geology using airborne geophysical technology as part of the USGS Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI) project. Earth MRI is a cooperative effort between the USGS, the Association of American State Geologists and other Federal, State and private sector   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The White House issued the following transcript of news call on March 14, 2023, on the Biden administration's actions to lower healthcare costs for Americans: * * * MR. MUNOZ: Hi, everybody. This Kevin Munoz. Thank you for joining us for our call previewing the President's event tomorrow in Nevada, as well as new actions that the Biden administration is taking to lower healthcare costs for Americans. As a reminder, this call will be on the record and embargoed until to  more