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Federal Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for Thursday April 11, 2024 ( 4 items )  

BLS Mountain-Plains Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Area - March 2024'
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Area - March 2024": * * * Area prices rose 0.7 percent in February and March, up 2.8 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.7 perc  more

BLS Mountain-Plains Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - March 2024'
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - March 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.7 percent in March, up 2.8 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.7 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Lab  more

CFTC Commissioner Mersinger Issues Opening Statement at Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee Meeting
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following opening statement on April 10, 2024, by Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger at the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee meeting: * * * Welcome to Kansas City, Missouri. First, I would like to thank our hosts at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. I am also glad that we could have this meeting in conjunction with AgCon, and I want to thank the Chairman for continuing the tradition of holding Ag  more

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri: Belton, Raymore Brothers Plead Guilty to Drug-Trafficking, Illegal Firearms
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Two Cass County, Mo., brothers pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy and to illegally possessing firearms. Serjio Diaz, 39, of Belton, and Tony Diaz, 41, of Raymore, pleaded guilty in separate appearances before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays. Serjio and Tony Diaz each pleaded guilty to on  more