CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 19, 2025, entitled "Union Members in Illinois - 2024": * * * In 2024, union members accounted for 13.1 percent of wage and salary workers in Illinois, compared with 12.8 percent in 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the union membership rate for the state wa more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 19, 2025, entitled "Union Members in Indiana - 2024": * * * In 2024, union members accounted for 9.0 percent of wage and salary workers in Indiana, compared with 8.0 percent in 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the union membership rate for the state was at more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 19, 2025, entitled "Union Members in Michigan - 2024": * * * In 2024, union members accounted for 13.4 percent of wage and salary workers in Michigan, compared with 12.8 percent in 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the union membership rate for the state wa more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 19, 2025, entitled "Union Members in Minnesota - 2024": * * * In 2024, union members accounted for 14.2 percent of wage and salary workers in Minnesota, compared with 13.3 percent in 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the union membership rate for the state  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 19, 2025, entitled "Union Members in Ohio - 2024": * * * In 2024, union members accounted for 12.1 percent of wage and salary workers in Ohio, compared with 12.5 percent in 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the union membership rate for the state was at its more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 19, 2025, entitled "Union Members in Wisconsin - 2024": * * * In 2024, union members accounted for 6.4 percent of wage and salary workers in Wisconsin, compared with 7.4 percent in 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the union membership rate for the state wa more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-0225) on Feb. 19, 2025, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - December 2024": * * * Job openings rates decreased in 5 states on the last business day of December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 3 states and decreased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings rat more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 18, 2025 ARMY Schutt Industries of Clintonville Wi Inc., Clintonville, Wisconsin, was awarded a $230,154,899 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for M870A4 semitrailer, lowbed, construction equipment transporters. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of May more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * During Black History Month, Scott Pushes Investment in Underserved Communities Chairman Scott announced his goal to unleash $1 trillion into communities like the one he grew up in. Washington, D.C. - As part of Black History Month, Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is building on his commitment to increase economic opportunity across more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Henry McMaster, R-South Carolina, posted the following news on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Eastern Engineered Wood Products selects Anderson County to establish first South Carolina operation $18.7 million investment will create 31 new jobs COLUMBIA, S.C. - Eastern Engineered Wood Products(Eastern), a wholesale distributor of engineered wood products, today announced it selects Anderson County to establish the company's first South Carolina operation. The $ more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency has extended the public comment period on a petition submitted by attorneys general from 11 states, requesting changes to existing labeling regulations under federal law. Originally set to close on February 20, the comment period will now remain open for an additional 30 days. The petition, filed by officials from Nebraska, Iowa, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Montana, North Dakota, South Carolina, and South Da more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Ralph Norman, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Rep. Ralph Norman Sends Letter to President Trump Medal of Honor to Major James Capers, Jr. Washington, D.C. - Last week, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) and Senator Lindsey Graham sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to award Major James Capers, Jr. the Medal of Honor. Major Capers was responsible for incredible acts of valor when his Marine Corps special operations  more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 20 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson calls for action against counterfeit weight loss drug makers (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson today led a 37-state and territory bipartisan coalition requesting that the Food and Drug Administration take swift action against bad actors who are endangering consumers with counterfeit forms of the weight loss more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Henry McMaster, R-South Carolina, issued the following news on Feb. 18, 2025: * * * Gov. Henry McMaster Appoints Brigadier General Robin B. Stilwell as South Carolina's Next Adjutant General Major General Van McCarty to Retire after 6 Years as Adjutant General COLUMBIA, S.C. - Governor Henry McMaster today announced his appointment of Brigadier General Robin B. Stilwell as South Carolina's next Adjutant General. BG Stilwell, who currently serves as D more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Henry McMaster, R-South Carolina, issued the following news on Feb. 18, 2025: * * * Governor Henry McMaster and SCOR Announce Start of Final Phase of USS Yorktown Remediation Major Initiative to Clear Hazardous Materials from the Retired Aircraft Carrier Receives Notice to Proceed COLUMBIA, S.C. - Governor Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR) today announced the USS Yorktown (Yorktown) Environmental Assessment and Remedia more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Scott Charts Path to Combat the Fentanyl Crisis WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) reintroduced his Alan Shao II Fentanyl Public Health Emergency and Overdose Prevention Act. The legislation takes a three-fold approach to addressing the fentanyl crisis fueled by the expiration of Title 42 during the Biden administration. This legislation would allow the U.S. Department of Homeland more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following opening statement from a Feb. 5, 2025, hearing entitled "Investigating the Real Impacts of Debanking in America": * * * Good morning and thank you all for being with us today. We're here to address an issue that strikes at the core of what it means to live in a free and fair society: access to financial services. Every federally legal business a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following opening statement from a Feb. 11, 2025, hearing entitled "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress": * * * Chair Powell, thank you for being here today, appreciate your willingness to have a chat with us about some of the really important issues facing our country. Without question, the Federal Reserve serves a critical role in the f more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2025: * * * Senate Commerce Announces Nominations Hearing for Michael Kratsios to Lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Mark Meador to Serve as a Federal Trade Commissioner WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a nom more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued the following information for a nomination hearing at 10 a.m. on Feb. 25, 2025, at 253 Russell Senate Office Building: Nominees: * Michael Kratsios, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy * Mark Meador, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner * * * Original text here: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/nominations-hearing-for-michael-kratsios-to-lead- more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following written testimony by Dan Yates, executive director of the Ground Water Protection Council, from a Feb. 12, 2025, hearing entitled "Advancing Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration Technologies and Ensuring Effective Implementation of the USE IT Act." USE IT Act is the Utilizing Significant Emissions With Innovative Technologies Act. * * * Thank you, Madame Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whit more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. William Timmons, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Timmons Announces Hearing on Trump Administration's Plans to Restore U.S. Global Leadership Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs Chairman William Timmons (R-S.C.) announced the subcommittee will hold its first hearing on "Emerging Global Threats: Putting America's National Security First." This hearing will examine how the Trump Administration is rebuilding the Amer more PR