KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - March 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.7 percent in March, 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 0.7 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Lab  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following opening statement on April 10, 2024, by Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger at the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee meeting: * * * Welcome to Kansas City, Missouri. First, I would like to thank our hosts at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. I am also glad that we could have this meeting in conjunction with AgCon, and I want to thank the Chairman for continuing the tradition of holding Ag  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 -- The Iowa Department of Education issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Governor Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education today announced $900,000 in competitive grants to help more Iowa children and teens access nutritious meals and snacks during the summer months. The grants will support school districts and other qualified organizations to serve additional communities through expanding participation in two existing federally funded summer chil  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today released the following statement, applauding Governor Kim Reynolds for signing a Texas-style immigration law that increases penalties for illegal reentry: "Biden's border crisis makes every American less safe. With drug cartels operating on both sides of the border, suspected terrorists flooding into our country, and human traffick  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 13-state coalition in a lawsuit to pull the plug on Biden's electric vehicle handout and defend ethanol. In Biden's most recent attack in the war on gas vehicles, he is creating a rule that overstates the efficiency of electric cars by more than six-times. Biden's illegal boost to electric vehicles hurts car owners, car manufactu  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 (TNSres) -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on April 10, 2024: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is now accepting applications for water quality implementation and demonstration projects. Selected projects will help deliver outreach and technical assistance to farmers and landowners to advance the implementation of conservation practices proven to prote  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, Governor Kim Reynolds signed the following bills into law: SF 2340: A bill for an act relating to illegal reentry into the state by certain aliens, prohibition on arrest in certain locations, orders to return to a foreign nation, immunity from liability and indemnification for enforcement actions, sentencing restrictions, and providing penalties. Gov. Reynolds released the foll  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Governor Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education today announced $900,000 in competitive grants to help more Iowa children and teens access nutritious meals and snacks during the summer months. The grants will support school districts and other qualified organizations to serve additional communities through expanding participation in two existing federally funded summer child nutr  more