SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 27 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following proclamation on Oct. 25, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring October 25, 2024, as "Larry Itliong Day" in the State of California. The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below. PROCLAMATION During Filipino-American Heritage Month, California celebrates the trailblazing labor leader and civil rights champion Larry Itliong. Born on this day in 1913 in a province o  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The Labor Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 19-24-005-03-315) on Sept. 11, 2024, entitled "Employment and Training Administration Did Not Ensure States Sufficiently Implemented Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation Program." Here are excerpts: * * * INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT To: Jose Javier Rodriguez, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210 The U.S. Department  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following statement on Oct. 25, 2024, by Chair Shelly C. Lowe: * * * This morning President Biden issued a formal apology for the United States' 150-year-long system of federal Indian boarding schools, which forcibly separated Native children from their families with the purpose of severing their ties to their communities and cultural practices. At Gila Crossing Community School in Arizona's Gila River Indian Communit  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Oct. 27 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2024: Governor Mark Gordon has announced that the State of Wyoming has filed an amicus brief in support of Utah on their federal public lands claims pending before the US Supreme Court. Wyoming joined with the states of Idaho and Alaska, as well as the Arizona Legislature in the Amicus. The Governor issued the following statement: "Federal ownership of unappropriated land negatively impa  more