WASHINGTON, April 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-0451) on April 2, 2025, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages - May 2025": * * * Production occupations had employment of 8.7 million in May 2024, representing 5.7 percent of total national employment, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest production occupations were miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators (1.5 million) and first-li  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 4 -- The Colorado Secretary of State issued the following news release on April 3, 2025: * * * Colorado Joins Multi-State Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Executive Order on Elections Denver, April 3, 2025 - Today Colorado joined 18 states in challenging the Trump administration's Executive Order on elections. The lawsuit was filed this afternoon in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and names President Trump, the U.S. Election A  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 3, 2025 ARMY Bechtel National Inc., Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $242,282,475 modification (P00284) to contract W52P1J-09-C-0012 to capture past contract overruns for the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. Work will be performed in Pueblo, Colorado, with an estimated completion date of April 3, 2026. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in t  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * Federal Court Orders SunSetter to Pay $9.25M in Connection with Alleged Failure to Timely Report Defective Awning Covers to the CPSC Yesterday, a federal court in Massachusetts entered a consent decree requiring SunSetter Products LP (SunSetter) to pay $9.25 million in civil penalties and implement and maintain a robust compliance program to prevent future illegal conduct, the Justi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 3 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Healey-Driscoll Administration Testifies in Support of Proposals to Improve Education and Transportation Across Massachusetts Boston -- The Healey-Driscoll Administration today testified in support of Governor Maura Healey's Fiscal Year 2024 Fair Share Surplus Supplemental Budget, which proposes historic investments in education and transportation. The $1.3 billion proposal would sup  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * High Ranking MS-13 Leader and Fugitive Wanted for Multiple Murders Found and Arrested in Long Island Last night, a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, was arrested in New York for his alleged role in a conspiracy responsible for 11 murders. Joel Vargas-Escobar, also known as Momia, was indicted the District of Nevada and charged with racketeering conspi  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Assigned to First Space Station Mission NASA astronaut Chris Williams will embark on his first mission to the International Space Station, serving as a flight engineer and Expedition 74 crew member. Williams will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft in November, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 3, 2025: * * * Report to the President on the America First Trade Policy Executive Summary Pursuant to the January 20, 2025 Presidential Memorandum on America First Trade Policy (AFTP), directed to the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Homeland Security, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Trade Representative, Assistant to   more