CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A federal superseding indictment charges three Chicago residents with conspiring to commit multiple carjackings in the city and suburbs. The indictment also accuses them of committing a murder during an attempted carjacking and a second murder using a carjacked vehicle. According to the indictment returned Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, EDSON RESEND  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.5 percent in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metropolitan area for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regiona  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the San Jose Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.7 percent in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics r  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 5, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in the Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Re  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 6 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: Associate Administrator Francisco Sanchez of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience today reminded Missouri small nonfarm businesses of the deadline dates to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following p  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 6 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: Last week, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general to protect access to medication abortion nationwide. The coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the efforts of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Danco Laboratories LLC, to reverse a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Ci  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Feb. 6 -- The Missouri House issued the following news: For more than four decades, two Missouri families have been among an untold number who are going through the anguish of not knowing what happened to a loved one who simply vanished. Backers of a proposal coming before a House committee this week say its passage could be the key to immediate answers in those cases and many more, not just in Missouri but nationwide. "I still have hope. I still hope we can get somet  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 6 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: The Senate Appropriations Committee today approved Senate Bill 832, sponsored by Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) to establish an Independent Energy Office (IEO) within the Commonwealth. "Pennsylvania has one of the most diverse energy portfolios in the United States," Sen. Yaw said. "There is no question we can capitalize on our state's energy richness, but first we must stop apologi  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 6 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Feb. 4, 2024, at a campaign event at Pearson Community Center: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Nevada! (Applause.) Hello, hello, hello. What a great crowd. Melvin, thank you for that introduction. And thank you, Congressman Steven Horsford, a great friend and an incredible leader of the Congressional Black Caucus. Where is he? (Applause.) There is he. Well, you know, it's been -- he's been a key player in all of the p  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Rick Nassenstein, a resident of Florida and formerly the president, chief financial officer and co-owner of Illinois-based Cardiac Imaging Inc. (CII), a provider of mobile cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) scans. The complaint alleges Nassenstein knowingly played a central role in a sc  more