RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 13 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein filed a friend of the court brief in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court about the Biden Administration's targeted cancellation of federal student loan debt to help address COVID-19-related difficulties for borrowers. "The pandemic put the financial futures of too many of low-income students in real financial jeopardy," said Attorney General Josh Ste  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Jan. 13 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 12, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - December 2022": Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), declined 0.5 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) The index for energy decreased by 7.2  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 13 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on Jan. 12, 2023: * * * Gov. Reynolds released the following statement today in response to Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen appointing former Governor Pete Ricketts to the U.S. Senate. "As his neighboring Governor and friend, I saw firsthand the hard work and dedication Pete Ricketts put in to deliver on his promises for Nebraskans. "Republican Governors know how to get things done, and Pete will bring that l  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation issued the following brief on January 2023 entitled "National and State Estimates of Children Living with Parents Using Substances, 2015-2019." Here are the excerpts: * * * KEY POINTS * In an average year from 2015-2019, more than 21 million children in the United States lived with a parent who misused substancesb, and more than 2 million lived with   more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Scott Zuerlein and Chloe Arevalo, U.S. Air Force International Health Specialists December 2022 marked the completion of a five-year program to enhance the expeditionary medical capabilities of four African partner nations. The African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership, established in 2015, is a Department of State-directed initiative centered on generating the capability to rapidly deploy peacekeepi  more