WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Federal Housing Finance Agency issued the following news release: House prices rose nationwide in October, up 1.1 percent from the previous month, according to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (FHFA HPI(R)). House prices rose 17.4 percent from October 2020 to October 2021. The previously reported 0.9 percent price change for September 2021 remained unchanged. For the nine census divisions, seasonally adjusted monthly house price changes from Se  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, and Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following joint commentary to Kansas City Star on Dec. 28, 2021: * * * Imagine you receive a devastating diagnosis: You have stage 4 liver cancer. Your doctor tells you the only thing that will save your life is a liver transplant. You are not alone. Today, just under 100 Kansans and more than 140 Missourians are waiting on a national list to receive a liver. But as you wait, your name is never called. Wh  more