KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 12, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - March 2023": Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) The all items less food and energy index   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Wage and Hour Division will host an online seminar on April 18 at 1 p.m. EDT on the proper employment of temporary nonimmigrant workers with H-2B guest visas for employers, worker advocates and other stakeholders, as part of an ongoing division initiative to ensure that Midwest employers comply with federal laws governing the  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief: * * * Employer: Haza Bell of Nebraska LLC operating as Taco Bell, 320 11 St. SW, Spencer, Iowa Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators recovered $22,744 - representing $11,372 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages - for 12 workers at the Spencer, Iowa, Taco Bell. Investigators determined the restaurant violated the Fair L  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following order (No. 3-21366) on April 13, 2023: * * * In the Matter of DOUGLAS F. CMELIK, Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 203(f) OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative proceedings be, and hereb  more

KANSAS CITY, Kansas, April 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Kansas City returned an indictment charging six people with conspiring to smuggle contraband into a federal prison in Kansas. Dale Gaver III, 35, Dale Gaver II, 54, Joshua Hamilton, 37, and Rex Hill, 33, all of Omaha, Nebraska, are charged with one count of conspiracy to provide and possess contraband in prison. Additionally, Melvin Edwards, 44  more