WASHINGTON, April 6 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from the Economics Daily: Nevada had the highest unemployment rate in February 2023, 5.5 percent, followed by Oregon, 4.7 percent. North Dakota and South Dakota had the lowest jobless rates, 2.1 percent each. The next lowest rates were in Nebraska, 2.3 percent, and Montana and Utah, 2.4 percent each. The rates in Maryland (2.9 percent), Montana (2.4 percent), and Wisconsin (2.  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, April 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on March 24, 2023. Brittany Vermeulen, 35, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by f  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, April 5 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: A draft integrated letter report and programmatic environmental assessment has been developed to determine the economic and environmental impacts of federal participation in state-managed watercraft inspection programs within the states of Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska to protect the Upper Missouri River Basin. Comments on the draft Programmatic EA  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * The Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America Agenda: Delivering for South Dakota Companies have committed to invest over $2.5 billion in South Dakota since President Biden took office For decades, the U.S. exported jobs and imported products, while other countries surpassed us in critical sectors like infrastructure, clean energy, semiconductors, and biotechnology. Thanks to President Biden's   more