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, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Area - March 2024": * * * Area prices rose 0.7 percent in February and March, up 2.8 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.7 perc  more

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

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 11 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr has joined a seven-state coalition in filing suit against the Biden administration's latest lawless student loan plan, which will cost taxpayers an estimated $475 billion overall. "Despite the Court having already settled this issue, the Biden administration continues to brazenly violate the law," said Carr. "Georgia taxpayers have made it clear that they know it's w  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

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management issued the following news on April 10, 2024: The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) is fortunate to have two sites that were in the path of totality April 8, 2024, when the moon completely blocked the sun, and hundreds of visitors came to the sites to not only see the eclipse but to learn about LM. Science and public education are core to LM's mission, and the locations of the Fernald Preser  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, April 11 -- Gov. Michael Parson, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, Governor Mike Parson announced that the Missouri Department of Public Safety has approved 70 grants totaling $5 million to law enforcement, fire service, and EMS providers in class three counties across the state for new equipment to allow first responders to better respond to emergencies and provide additional protection as they do their jobs. Grant funded equipm  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 11 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis invites professionals from across the greater St. Louis area to attend its fourth annual Minority Networking Event. The hybrid event will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. CT on May 9, 2024. Attendees will have an opportunity to network and learn about a wide variety of career paths at the St. Louis Fed. The event will feature details ab  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Missouri man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including for allegedly assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Jack Westly Ryan, 62, of  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: A woman from O'Fallon, Missouri on Wednesday admitted submitting a series of fraudulent applications seeking pandemic loans totaling more than $1.6 million. Dearika L. Binion, now 36, of O'Fallon, Missouri, was successful in obtaining two loans totaling $75,600. Binion pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis Wednesday to three c  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Two Cass County, Mo., brothers pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy and to illegally possessing firearms. Serjio Diaz, 39, of Belton, and Tony Diaz, 41, of Raymore, pleaded guilty in separate appearances before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays. Serjio and Tony Diaz each pleaded guilty to on  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: On Tuesday, April 9, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) announced finalized updates to the foods prescribed to participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC. Nutrition leaders and mothers from across the country praised USDA's finalized updates to the WIC food package and the positive implications it w  more