SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 17, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Washington - 2023": In 2023, Washington women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,165, significantly below the $1,523 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regiona  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-2142) on Oct. 17, 2024, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - August 2024": * * * Job openings rates increased in 6 states and decreased in 2 states on the last business day of August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 6 states and increased in 1 state. Total separations rates decreased in 10 states and increas  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 19 -- The Florida Division of Emergency Management issued the following news release: This week, Governor Ron DeSantis visited areas impacted by Hurricane Milton and made announcements related to state efforts to facilitate recovery following the storm. In Tampa, Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis awarded $1,000,000 through the Florida Disaster Fund to support 20 Hope Florida partners helping Floridians recover from the storms. These funds will be ut  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 19 -- The Iowa Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: AMES, Iowa - Oct. 18, 2024 - As part of the Interstate 80 Mississippi River Bridge Study, the Iowa Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Illinois Department of Transportation, will hold an online public hearing and offer an in-person open house option to present study information, detail the preferred alternative for the project, discuss potential impacts and re  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Oct. 19 -- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: Today, Attorney General Lynn Fitch sent a letter to iDentidad Advertising Development LLC, also known as iDentidad Telecom, warning the company that it is transmitting suspected illegal robocall traffic and should stop immediately or face legal consequences. "Robocalls are not only annoying and disruptive to our everyday lives, but they are often used to perpetrate scams  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) imaging instruments on three sun-orbiting observatories have captured sequences of comet C/2023 A3, known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, as it passed between the Earth and the Sun during the beginning of October 2024. The comet, discovered in 2023, traversed the field of view of NRL's Large Angle and Spectrometric C  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 1340X) entitled "CG Railway LLC - Discontinuance Of Service Exemption - In New Orleans Louisiana": * * * Digest:/1 This decision allows CG Railway, LLC, to discontinue service over approximately 3.4 miles of rail line in New Orleans, La. On July 1, 2024, CG Railway, LLC (CGR), a Class III rail carrier, filed a petition under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10502 for an exemp  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 19 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Oct. 18, 2024: Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes and seventeen other state attorneys general joined in asking President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken to designate Tigran Gambaryan as a hostage pursuant to the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act. The attorneys general express grave concern for the life of Mr. Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and law enforcement l  more