WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * 0.4 unemployed persons per job opening in the Dakotas, 1.7 in California, in December 2024 February 20, 2025 There were 7.6 million job openings in the United States in December 2024, a number not much different than the number of unemployed people, resulting in a ratio of 0.9 unemployed persons per job opening. North Dakota and South Dakota each   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 20 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta: FDA Should Take Quick and Decisive Action Against Makers of Counterfeit Weight Loss Drugs OAKLAND - As part of a bipartisan coalition of 38 states and territories, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take swift and decisive action against bad actors unlawfully profiting off the high demand for FDA-appr  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 20 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Calls for Action Against Counterfeit Weight Loss Drug Makers LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a 38-state and territory bipartisan coalition requesting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) take swift action against bad actors who are endangering consumers with counterfeit forms of the weight loss and diabetes drugs Mounjaro, Zepbo  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 20 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Calls for Federal Action Against Counterfeit Weight Loss Drug Makers # Patients Suspected of Taking Counterfeit Drugs Have Ended up in the Hospital (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong today joined a 38-state and territory bipartisan coalition requesting that the Food and Drug Administration take swift action against bad actors endangering cons  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Feb. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * Former Taney County Official Pleads Guilty to Stealing $260,000 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former official with the Taney County Health Department pleaded guilty in federal court today to a scheme to embezzle approximately $260,000 from the agency. Hugo Ricardo Huacuz, 51, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dav  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 580) entitled "Knoxville & Holston River Railroad Co. Inc., A Wholly Owned Subsidiary Of Gulf & Ohio Railways Inc. - Abandonment Exemption - In Knox County, Tennessee": * * * On December 11, 2024, Knoxville & Holston River Railroad Co., Inc. (KXHR), a Class III rail carrier and wholly owned subsidiary of Gulf & Ohio Railways, Inc., filed a petition under 49 U  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 21 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: * * * TN Attorney General Leads Bipartisan Call for Action Against Sellers of Counterfeit, Unapproved, and Contaminated Weight Loss Drugs NASHVILLE--Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti this week led a 38-state and territory bipartisan coalition requesting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) take swift action against bad actors who are endangering consumers with counterfeit  more