WASHINGTON, July 11 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In May 2023, there were 215 metropolitan areas that had unemployment rates below the national U.S. rate of 3.4 percent, 153 areas had rates above the national rate, and 21 areas had rates equal to that of the nation. Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont, had the lowest unemployment rate, 1.3 percent, in May 2023. The next lowest rate was in Manches  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: Narquin Antonio Sanchez-Unbes, 23, appeared before Magistrate Judge Andrea K. Johnstone for an initial appearance in federal court for trafficking approximately 25 pounds of alleged crystal methamphetamine to New Hampshire from Massachusetts, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. According to the charging documents, Sanchez-Unbes delivered  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Your Comfort Zone Inc., Rosalind Godfrey also pay $36K fine for willful wage theft, prohibited from retaliation against workers * * * A federal investigation has recovered $950,000 in back wages and liquidated damages and $50,000 in punitive damages from a West Lebanon home healthcare business -- with a history of unlawful pay practices -- that denied overtime wa  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release on July 11, 2023: Narquin Antonio Sanchez-Unbes, 23, will appear before Magistrate Judge Andrea K. Johnstone for an initial appearance in federal court today at 4:00pm for trafficking approximately 25 pounds of alleged crystal methamphetamine to New Hampshire from Massachusetts, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. According to the charging documents, Sanch  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane E. Young, issued the following news release on July 11, 2023: A bookkeeper from Barnstead was sentenced today in federal court for stealing money from both Barnstead and Hampton School Districts, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Amy Burley, 48, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Paul J. Barbadoro to 12 months and one day in federal prison and 2 years of supervised release. Burley was also  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 21-cv-260-PB; D.N.H. filed March 29, 2021) involving LBRY Inc.: * * * On July 11, 2023, Judge Peter Barbadoro of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire ordered LBRY, Inc., a New Hampshire software company that issued crypto asset securities called "LBRY Credits" or "LBC," to pay a civil penalty of $111,614. The Court also permanently enjoined LBRY from further   more