WASHINGTON, April 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on April 7, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana, had highest employment concentration of production occupations in May 2024 Production occupations had employment of 8.7 million in May 2024, representing 5.7 percent of total U.S. employment. Production occupations include jobs operating machinery or equipment to assemble goods or distribute power and are g  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 7, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Petromax Refining Co. LLC,* Houston, Texas (SPE602-25-D-070, $742,790,878); Valero Marketing & Supply Co., San Antonio, Texas (SPE602-25-D-0475, $600,641,231); Phillips 66 Co., Houston, Texas (SPE602-25-D-0471, $521,595,146); Placid Refining Co. LLC,* Port Allen, Louisiana (SPE602-25-D-0472, $244,767,837); Lazarus Energy Holding LLC,* Houston, Texas (SP  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Improve Access to Infrastructure Funding for Great Lakes Ports WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues in introducing legislation aimed at ensuring that Great Lakes ports receive a fair share of existing federal funding available for port infrastructure upgrades and repairs. From 2019 to 2024, Great Lakes   more