WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 61 metropolitan areas, decreased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 327 areas over the year ended July 2024. The decrease occurred in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii (-6.6 percent) The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in College Station-Bryan, Texas (6.0 pe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: SAN FRANCISCO - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the proposed addition of the Exide Technologies - Vernon site, located in Vernon, California, to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is a list of known sites throughout the United States and its territories where historic releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants pose si  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Funded by the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 34 selected Tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, in partnership with the San Pasqual Band of Mission In  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Funded by the Administration's Investing in America Agenda, the EPA selected 34 Tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Fort Independence Indian Community (FIIC), located within California, has been selected to receive a $1,362,172 Climate  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Funded by the Administration's Investing in America Agenda, the EPA selected 34 Tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the selection of the Blue Lake Rancheria, located within California, for a $11,498,810 Climate Pollution Reduction Grant funded   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Trayveon James Johnson, 20, of Alexandria, Va., was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for participating in a wide-spread narcotics trafficking conspiracy that distributed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills purchased in Southern California to destinations throughout the United States, including the District of Columbia. Johnson was one of 2  more