NEWCASTLE, Wyoming, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 45-day public scoping period to gather comments to inform an environmental impact statement for planned revisions to the resource management plans for the Newcastle Field Office and Nebraska planning areas. The proposed revision would replace the existing 23-year-old Newcastle RMP that guides the management of approximate  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 13 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 12, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - June 2023": * * * Area prices rose 0.4 percent in June, up 2.4 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.4 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Stati  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following Stats for Stories: * * * From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, What Chefs and Head Cooks Do: (https://www.bls.gov/ooh/food-preparation-and-serving/chefs-and-head-cooks.htm#tab-2) "Executive chefs, head cooks, and chefs de cuisine are responsible primarily for overseeing the operation of a kitchen. They coordinate the work of sous chefs and other cooks, who prepare most of the meals. Execu  more

LENEXA, Kansas, July 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: Today, at the John Bardo Center on the Wichita State University (WSU) Innovation Campus, EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister joined WSU officials and Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (EJ TCTAC) partners to celebrate the opening of the Region 7 EJ TCTAC. The new center will serve communities throughout EPA Region 7, which consists of Iowa  more

SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) St. Paul Field Office removed an unlawfully present noncitizen foreign fugitive wanted in Mexico for robbery on July 12. ERO officers escorted Saul Ceniceros Santoyo, 27, from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport to Laredo International Airport in Lare  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 13 (TNSres) -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on July 12, 2023: Recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shows North Dakota leading the nation in the growth of earnings and gross domestic product (GDP), underscoring the state's strong economy and policies working to drive investment, innovation and business expansion, Gov. Doug Burgum said. North Dakota experienced the highest growth in real GDP among all 50 states in  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 13 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on July 11, 2023: Attorney General Gentner Drummond and attorneys general of 24 other states are challenging the Biden Administration's most radical regulations yet on tailpipe emissions. The Biden plan would forcibly phase out gas-powered vehicles and restructure the automobile industry around electric vehicles (EVs) at a breakneck pace. The proposal aims to boost certain EV sales f  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 12 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a 27-state coalition in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a lower court's ruling that found Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) unprecedented funding mechanism unconstitutional. The case, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd., centers around the bureau's funding mec  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 13 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a 27-state coalition of attorneys general in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a lower court's ruling that found the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) unprecedented funding mechanism unconstitutional. Under current law, the CFPB can obtain hundreds of millions of dollars each year by sending a half-page letter to the Federal Reserv  more