CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 28 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 27, 2023, entitled "Consumer Expenditures in the Chicago Metropolitan Area - 2021-22": * * * Households in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI, metropolitan area spent an average of $74,266 per year in 2021-22, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that this figure was  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 28 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 27, 2023, entitled "Consumer Expenditures in the Detroit Metropolitan Area - 2021-22": * * * Households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, metropolitan area spent an average of $68,866 per year in 2021-22, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that this figure was not si  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 28 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 27, 2023, entitled "Consumer Expenditures in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area - 2021-22": * * * Households in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, metropolitan area spent an average of $82,883 per year in 2021-22, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that this f  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing the appointment of 21 new members and nine returning members to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF). The purpose of the committee is to provide impartial scientific advice and recommendations to federal food safety agencies that assures the safety of foods. Members of the commi  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, Timothy M. O'Shea, issued the following news release: Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Vincent Phillips, 52, Rockford, Illinois was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 90 months for possessing with intent to distribute and distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Phillips pleaded guilty to these charges on July 21  more