WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: * * * CDC's Risk Assessment for the General Public Remains Low * * * A person in the United States has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) virus ("H5N1 bird flu"), as reported by Texas and confirmed by CDC. This person had exposure to dairy cattle in Texas presumed to be infected with HPAI A(H5  more

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: An Iowa nurse who stole pain medication from at least 50 new mothers at a Waterloo hospital was sentenced on March 27, 2024, in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Christina Eileen Olson, formerly known as Christina Eileen Hovey, age 43, of Waterloo, received the prison term after pleading guilty on October 12, 2023, to one count of acquiring a controlled substanc  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 2 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on April 1, 2024: * * * 24-TRAM-653-OOS Docket Type: OOS - Out of Service Docket Description: In the Matter of the Suspension of Operating Authority of Prestigious Logistics LLC Date Filed: 04/01/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-654-OOS Docket Type: OOS - Out of Service Docket Description: In the Matter of the Suspension of Operating Authority of Great Service LLC Date Filed: 04/01/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-655-O  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 2 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly announced today that total tax collections in March were $760.4 million. That is $7.0 million, or 0.9%, more than the monthly estimate. Total tax collections are up 0.3% from March 2023. "As we continue to work toward cutting taxes, the Legislature must be mindful that any tax relief must be fiscally sustainable," Governor Laura Kelly said. "The bipartisan tax cuts pl  more