KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 2 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City issued the following article: * * * By Bethany Greene and Nicholas Sly There is an increased level of disagreement among firms about their respective economic outlooks in the Tenth District region. As heightened levels of disagreement are historically associated with softening employment, this could have implications for economic conditions moving forward. * * * Perspectives on the economic outlook have becom  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Two laboratory marketers, George Carralejo of Yorba Linda, California, and Michael Jeresaty of Daniel Island, South Carolina and their marketing companies, as well as five physicians, Dr. Paul Bierig of Plano, Texas, Dr. Mohd Azfar Malik of St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Robert Ain of Wichita, Kansas and Drs. Barry Feinberg and Rachel Feinberg also of St. Louis, and certain affiliated entities ha  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, April 2 -- Gov. Michael Parson, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: For the month of March 2024, Governor Mike Parson granted eight pardons pursuant to Article IV, Section 7 of the Constitution of the State of Missouri. Official documents have been filed with the appropriate government agencies and have been sent to the individuals. In addition to granting eight pardons, Governor Parson denied 33 clemency applications in March. The Gove  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, April 2 -- The Missouri Department of Transportation issued the following news: The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is making available for our industry partners a list of local bridges anticipated to progress to the construction phase within this calendar year. These projects were awarded through the Regional Bridge Program which replaces the previous off-system local bridge replacement program (BRO) and is federally funded using BRO funds and new funds  more

SIKESTON, Missouri, April 2 -- The Missouri Department of Transportation issued the following news on April 1, 2024: The Missouri Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 18 to discuss plans to improve the Route K corridor in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The meeting will be held at Notre Dame High School, located at 265 Notre Dame Dr. in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. A traffic study was completed in 2022 that looked at Route K from County Road 319 to 0.  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Two laboratory marketers, their marketing companies, and five doctors have agreed to pay over $1.5 million to resolve allegations of False Claims Act allegations of involvement in laboratory kickback schemes in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. "The kickbacks resulted in the submission of fraudulent laboratory testing claims to Medicare. Clinic  more