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

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

HELENA, Montana, April 11 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, Governor Greg Gianforte issued the following statement in response to the Bureau of Land Management's new "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation" rule, which will take effect on June 10. "Today's announcement from the Bureau of Land Management is the latest attack in President Biden's war on energy. By issuing this rule, the Bureau is u  more

BILLINGS, Montana, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: A Missoula man who admitted to a drug trafficking crime after he accepted a controlled delivery of a package that had contained more than two pounds of methamphetamine was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Marcus Lejon Williams, 45, pleaded guilty in December 2  more

BILLINGS, Montana, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Two Butte men who admitted to charges stemming from the illegal importation of two pill presses from China were sentenced this week, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. David Jesus Tapia-Padron, 34, was sentenced today to two years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Tapia-Padron pleaded guilty in November 2023 to possession  more