SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - March 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.9 percent over the past month, up 3.6 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.9 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of   more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 11 -- Acting Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, D-California, issued the following proclamation on April 10, 2024: Acting Governor Eleni Kounalakis today issued a proclamation declaring April 10, 2024 as Dolores Huerta Day. * * * The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: A powerhouse for social justice, Dolores Huerta was born on this day in 1930 in Dawson, a small mining town in New Mexico. Huerta spent most of her early life in the Central Valley of Cali  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 11 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The Maryland Department of Agriculture today issued an order (https://mda.maryland.gov/Documents/Signed%20Order_Cows_HPAI.pdf) restricting movement of dairy cattle into Maryland from states with confirmed outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in their herds. Last week, USDA announced detections of HPAI in dairy cattle herds in several states including Tex  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Sandia National Laboratories electrical engineer Michael Ropp has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, one of the world's largest technical professional organizations. Ropp's research focuses on developing algorithms to improve the resiliency of the electrical grid, particularly with the addition of many   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 11 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following statement on April 10, 2024 : * * * Today's ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court, affirming the state's antiquated abortion ban, is an alarming and deeply concerning decision that undermines the fundamental rights of those accessing reproductive healthcare in our neighboring state. The ruling restricts access to safe and legal abortion and sets a very dangerous precedent for the continued erosion of   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release: A Mexican national was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio to 240 months in prison for one count of illegal re-entry into the United States. The man was previously sentenced by a New Mexico state court for murder. According to court documents, Luis Antonio Talamantes-Romero, 36, of Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, was arrested by an Immigration and Customs Enfo  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: * * * Albuquerque Urban Area significantly contributes PFAS to Rio Grande * * * PFAS chemicals have been detected in groundwater and surface water resources across the state of New Mexico, with urban areas being the most significant contributor, according to two recent studies by the U.S. Geological Survey done in cooperation with New Mexico Environment De  more