WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1922) on Sept. 20, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - August 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in August in 6 states and the District of Columbia, lower in 1 state, and stable in 43 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-five states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 4 states had   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The White House issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Connecticut and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm, flooding, landslides, and mudslides from August 18 to August 19, 2024. The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Fair  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Connecticut to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides from August 18-19, 2024. The President's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Fairfield, Litchfield and New Haven counties. Assista  more