WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: * * * Sixth class of ARC's nine-month economic development training program comprises 40 fellows from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors across all 13 Appalachian states. * * * Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) announced the 40 fellows selected for the 2024-2025 Class of the Appalachian Leadership Institute (ALI), a leadership training opportunity that equips   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 22, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Illinois - 2023": * * * In 2023, Illinois women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,055, significantly below the $1,262 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Com  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 22, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Indiana - 2023": * * * In 2023, Indiana women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $934, significantly below the $1,141 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commiss  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 22, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Iowa - 2023": * * * In 2023, Iowa women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $921, significantly below the $1,128 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 22, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Michigan - 2023": * * * In 2023, Michigan women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,001, significantly below the $1,206 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Com  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 23, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings In Minnesota - 2023": * * * In 2023, Minnesota women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,131, significantly below the $1,363 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional C  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 23, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings In Nebraska - 2023": * * * In 2023, Nebraska women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $985, significantly below the $1,179 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 22, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in North Dakota - 2023": * * * In 2023, North Dakota women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $976, significantly below the $1,202 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Region  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 23, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings In Ohio - 2023": * * * In 2023, Ohio women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $998, significantly below the $1,215 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 23, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings In South Dakota - 2023": * * * In 2023, South Dakota women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $927, significantly below the $1,182 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Region  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 23, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings In Wisconsin - 2023": * * * In 2023, Wisconsin women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,032, significantly below the $1,225 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional C  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report entitled "Women's Earnings in Louisiana - 2023": * * * In 2023, Louisiana women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $833, significantly below the $1,130 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regio  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report entitled "Women's Earnings in Oklahoma - 2023": * * * In 2023, Oklahoma women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $860, significantly below the $1,036 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regiona  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report entitled "Women's Earnings in Texas - 2023": * * * In 2023, Texas women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $947, significantly below the $1,140 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Oper  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. P70br-194) on Sept. 25, 2024, by Julia Beckhusen and Clayton Gumber entitled "Multiple Jobholders in the U.S.: 2019." Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION/1,2 Multiple jobholders make up a small but significant portion of the labor force. In 2013, the national rate of multiple jobholding was 8.3 percent (Beckhusen, 2019). Previous research has shown that this rate fluctuates considerably by region and st  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Rock Island and St. Louis districts, are seeking public comments on a draft systemic forest stewardship Programmatic Environmental Assessment, or PEA, as part of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program. Comments are due by Nov. 23. The proposed actions would be in the Upper Mississippi River from Minneapolis to the conflue  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 24 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a 25-state coalition of attorneys general in sending a letter to Columbia University to raise grave concerns about antisemitism on campus. The letter also encourages the university not to give in to demands to divest from Israel. "Like most Americans, I was dismayed at the antisemitic protests occurring on college campuses across the country  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Long Beach, Mississippi man was sentenced to 99 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Johnson Tran, 47, was sentenced on October 17, 2024, in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents and information presented to the Court, in 2018, agents with the DEA received informat  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Mary E. Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Physical Scientist, Treva Brown, Ph.D., received the prestigious Winifred Burks-Houck Professional Leadership Award presented at the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) Awards Ceremony on Oct. 3 in Orlando, Florida. "I  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 24 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Oct. 23, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson co-led a 25-state coalition of attorneys general in sending a letter to Columbia University to raise grave concerns about antisemitism on campus. The letter also encourages the university not to give in to demands to divest from Israel. "I visited Israel a few months ago, talked to people who lost family members to the horrific  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 24 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Oct. 23, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 17 States on an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in Gray v. Jennings. The filing, led by the State of West Virginia, petitions the nation's high court to grant this Second Amendment case in order to protect the constitutional rights of all Americans around the country to keep and bear arms. In 2022, the State of Delaware pa  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 24 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has joined a 25-state coalition in sending a letter to Columbia University, urging the institution to stand firm against calls for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) from Israel and addressing antisemitism on campus. "Columbia University was right not to cave to demands for divestment from Israel, just as the University of V  more