MOBILE, Alabama, Nov. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: A Mobile man, Quenton James Franklin, 28, was sentenced today in federal court on his conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana as a member of the Otis Sanders drug trafficking organization. Franklin is Sanders' cousin and was charged as a co-defendant in the federal indictment. Franklin pled guilt  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 22, 2024, entitled "Louisiana Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2024": * * * Louisiana had 104,000 job openings in September 2024, compared to 110,000 openings in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-2364) on Nov. 20, 2024, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2024": * * * Job openings rates decreased in 4 states and increased in 1 state on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 3 states and decreased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 3 states and de  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 23 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that she is calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to end his last-ditch effort to push the Biden-Harris Administration's woke agenda through the door before Biden leaves office. The United Nations' Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution is meeting this week to negotiate an international plastics agreeme  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 23 -- Gov. Jeff Landry, R-Louisiana, issued the following news on Nov. 22, 2024: Governor Jeff Landry marked the close of the special legislative session on Tax Reform. When Governor Landry ran for office, he promised the people of Louisiana that he would work to achieve a government as good as the people of Louisiana. As Governor, he has focused on fixing crime, improving our education system, and rebuilding our economy. This special session, he achieved his goa  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Nov. 23 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Nov. 22, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined 23 other states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an Arizona case to protect girls' and women's sports. "Sports teams are divided by sex to begin with to give girls a level playing field so they're not competing against boys," Attorney General Wilson said. "Arizona's law restricting girls' sports teams to biologic  more