KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 13, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - May 2023": * * * Area prices rose 0.3 percent in May, up 3.7 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.3 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisti  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 14 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release and a letter on June 13, 2023: Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds joined 10 other Republican governors in a letter to congressional leadership to support the reintroduction of the Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression Act, a bill that would uphold the Commerce Clause of the Constitution by preventing states from impeding interstate agricultural trade. Governor Reynolds and Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen lead the coa  more