SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - March 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.9 percent over the past month, up 3.6 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.9 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: New Mandatory Model Proposed to Improve Health Outcomes Post-Surgery and Advance Climate Resiliency Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule updating Medicare payments and policies for inpatient hospitals and long-term care hospitals. The proposed rule takes a variety of approaches to improving the health of people with Medicare by addressing socia  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: New Mandatory Model Proposed to Improve Health Outcomes Post-Surgery and Advance Climate Resiliency Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule updating Medicare payments and policies for inpatient hospitals and long-term care hospitals. The proposed rule takes a variety of approaches to improving   more

NEW YORK, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Merrick B. Garland, the Attorney General of the United States; John J. Durham, the Director of Joint Task Force Vulcan ("JTFV"); Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"); Katrina W. Berger, the Executive Associate Director of Homelan  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following news release: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded $411,000 in funding to 14 Tribal Nations and organizations to support local and community projects that expand the reach and impact of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative (FIBSI). Special NEH Chair's grants of up to $30,000 will support federally recognized Tribes, nonprofit Tribal entities, and state organizations that work   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded Alaska with $20 million through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program, which is designed to build research and development capacity, competitiveness and education in U.S. states and territories that have not received the levels of investment seen in other parts of the country. The five-year Research Infrastruc  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: On Tuesday, April 9, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) announced finalized updates to the foods prescribed to participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC. Nutrition leaders and mothers from across the country praised USDA's finalized updates to the WIC food package and the positive implications it w  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 10, 2024: * * * Japan Official Visit with State Dinner to the U.S. Today, President Biden welcomed Prime Minister Kishida of Japan for an Official Visit with State Dinner to celebrate the deep and historic ties between our two countries. This visit also reflects the upward trajectory of the U.S.-Japan Alliance as it evolves into a global partnership that promotes a shared vision of progress and prosperit  more