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Federal Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for Wednesday March 13, 2024 ( 4 items )  

BLS Mountain-Plains Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - February 2024'
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - February 2024": * * * Area prices rose 0.6 percent in February, up 2.8 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau   more

BLS Mountain-Plains Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, St. Louis Area - February 2024'
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, St. Louis Area - February 2024": * * * Area prices rose 1.6 percent in January and February, up 3.6 percent over the year * * * Prices in the St. Louis area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.6 percent for the two month  more

Department of Labor Recovers $155K in Back Wages, Damages From Kansas Supermarket for 158 Workers Denied Overtime
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief on March 12, 2024: * * * * Employer: Supermart El Torito Inc., 1409 Central Avenue, Kansas City, KS * Investigation findings: An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division recovered $155,990 representing $77,995 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages for 158 employees of Supermart El Torito Inc. in Kansas City, Kansas. The division also asse  more

Litigation: SEC Vs. Roy M. Cook, Jeffrey A. Natrop, Peter S. Renner, James Rudolph, Peter Williams
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 25948; E.D. Wis. filed Mar. 1, 2024) involving Roy M. Cook, Jeffrey A. Natrop, Peter S. Renner, James Rudolph and Peter Williams: * * * SEC Charges Former Energy Company Official and Four Others with Insider Trading * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against Roy Cook, a former member of the Board of Directors of Tallgrass Energy LP("Tal  more