CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 9, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent in the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 9, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Detroit Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 9, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.6 percent in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported tod  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - January 2024": * * * Area prices rose 0.3 percent in January, up 2.7 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 January, the U.S. Bureau of La  more

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: By David Vergun, DOD News China and Russia each pose different challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean, so there needs to be adjustments to the Defense Department's strategies as well, said Daniel P. Erikson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Western Hemisphere. "The Department of Defense clearly plays a very important role in terms of working with partner militaries in the reg  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 14 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Surrounded by more than 20 state senators in the Warner Chamber at the State Capitol, Governor Jim Pillen touted a "Nebraska solution" that will allow the state to take advantage of the federally-funded Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (SEBT) program, while ensuring that additional needs of children and their families are met. Gov. Pillen was joined in his announcement today by Nebr  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 14 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in Lackey v. Stinnie. The brief, led by the State of Georgia, supports Gerald F. Lackey, the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, in a case about whether a party who obtains a preliminary injunction is entitled to attorney fees, particularly when the case thereafter becomes moot. Aft  more