WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * New Hampshire had the lowest jobless rate in July 2023, 1.7 percent. The next lowest rates were in Maryland and Vermont, 1.8 percent each. The rates in these three states set new record lows, as did the rates in the following eight states: Alabama (2.1 percent), Louisiana (3.4 percent), Massachusetts (2.5 percent), Mississippi (3.0 percent), Ohio (  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Nashville District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has extended the comment period for the draft Environmental Assessment and unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact for the revision of the 1998 Center Hill Dam and Reservoir Water Control Manual. Comments will be accepted until September 15, 2023. The Environmental Assessment evaluates proposed operational changes, resourc  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Autonomous labs are changing the nature of scientific investigation. Instead of humans manually orchestrating every part of an experiment, programmed equipment can carry out necessary functions. This workflow accelerates the pace of discovery by reducing the number of monotonous tasks that researchers must perform. As these labs are created, software infras  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are leading the way in understanding the effects of electrical faults in the modern U.S. power grid. Faults are abnormal conditions in an electrical circuit that interrupt the flow of power, with the potential to cause blackouts that affect thousands of customers. Faults can be caused b  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 23 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that certain Private Non-Profit organizations (PNPs) in Tennessee that do not provide critical services of a governmental nature may be eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans for damages as a result of severe storms and straight-line winds on June 25-26, 2023. Eligible PNP organizations in the Tennessee count  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Francis M. Hamilton III, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Francis M. Hamilton III announced the appointment of Assistant District Attorney ("ADA") Charles Minor to serve as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney ("SAUSA") in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This appointment is the result of a partnership between the U.S. Attorney's Office   more

GREENEVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Francis M. Hamilton III, issued the following news release: On August 21, 2023, Chad B. Thomas, 41, of Blountville, Tennessee, was sentenced to 40 months imprisonment by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. As part of the plea agreement filed with the court, Thomas agreed to plead guilty to  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Henry C. Leventis, issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2023: Dr. Samson K. Orusa, 61, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday to 84 months in federal prison after being convicted of over a dozen felony health care fraud charges, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee. The defendant, through his medical clinic in Clarksville, billed feder  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Francis M. Hamilton III, issued the following news release: Five individuals and four companies have been sentenced for participating in a conspiracy to fix the prices of DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs sold on the Amazon marketplace. This investigation has resulted in a total of six individual guilty pleas and four corporate guilty pleas. Victor Btesh, of New York, was sentenced to 18 months' incarceration, follo  more

TYLER, Texas, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Damien M. Diggs, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: A Jefferson, Texas man has been convicted of federal sex trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs today. Corey Johnson, 40, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking today before U.S. Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell. According to information presented in court, Jo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: Based on a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that three southeastern species - the pristine crayfish, Tennessee heelsplitter, and Georgia blind salamander - are not at risk of extinction and do not warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). For each specie  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes placing three freshwater mussels, the Cumberland moccasinshell, Tennessee clubshell, and Tennessee pigtoe on the federal list of threatened and endangered species. Each of these species is being proposed for endangered species status. "The southeastern United States is home to a tremendous diversity of fresh  more