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

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. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Area - January 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.8 percent over the past month, up 3.3 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.8 percent i  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. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Area - January 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.2 percent over the past two months, up 2.6 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), a  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

ARGONNE, Illinois, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * A new study from Argonne is shedding new light on how ancestry plays a role in prostate cancer risk * * * This study included larger groups of people from African, Hispanic and Asian ancestries than many other previous studies. A recent study involving scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has uncovered insigh  more

EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A U.S. District judge sentenced two Chinese nationals to more than 12 months imprisonment for their involvement in a gift card scheme directed at Target shoppers across the Midwest. Hongying Wang, 53, and Guangwei Gao, 38, pleaded guilty to one felony count of using and trafficking in a counterfeit access device. The pair have been incarcerated since Ja  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Feb. 14 -- The Illinois State Treasurer issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: The Illinois State Treasurer's Office returned nearly $17.2 million in missing money during January, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced today. The total includes more than $15.7 million in cash and interest and more than $1.4 million in stock value. All told, 25,434 claims were paid. "Putting money back in the hands of people is better for our state's economy than lett  more

ALTOONA, Iowa, Feb. 14 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news on Feb. 13, 2024: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented Leader in Conservation Awards to one Iowa individual and one Iowa business making an impact in water quality and conservation today during the annual Agribusiness Association of Iowa Showcase and Conference in Altoona. Molly Haub, a certified crop adviser from West Branch, and Iowa Cover Crop, a cover crop retail and appl  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 14 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is voicing support for the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) proposed Trade Regulation Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees. Drummond and a bipartisan coalition of 18 other state attorneys general recently filed a comment letter in response to an FTC notice of proposed rulemaking, which allowed for comments on the proposed rule's provisions, including:   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Attorney General Michelle Henry joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 Attorneys General in urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to authorize much-needed 2024 bridge funding for the federal Crime Victims Fund (the "VOCA Fund"), which provides crime victims a network of care and resources. According to the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime, funding for   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 14 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations that March 11 is the filing deadline for federal working capital loans in Illinois due to tornado and high winds that occurred March 31 through April 5, 2023. The declaration includes the prim  more