ATLANTA, Georgia, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, South Region - March 2024": * * * Prices in the South up 0.4 percent in March and 3.8 percent over the past year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South rose 0.4 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 11 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on April 10, 2024: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter and Corky's Food Manufacturing, LLC officials announced today the company will expand manufacturing operations at its 3006 Fleetbrook Drive location in Memphis. Corky's will invest $4 million and create 28 new jobs to add a second shift and additional  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

JACKSON, Mississippi, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has released a new document entitled "An Overview of the Department of Justice Grant Process" that provides a short, useable summary of the DOJ grant opportunities for fiscal year (FY) 2024 to assist law enforcement agencies, local governments, and other organizations interested in applying for DOJ grants. "We want to  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: A Pascagoula man was sentenced in federal court today to 72 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Jerome Clifton Clegg, 39, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Southern Mississippi Metro Enforcement Team receive  more

LURAY, Virginia, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: Shenandoah National Park has selected five artists for its annual Artist-in-Residence program. The program gives artists an opportunity to creatively explore Shenandoah's natural and cultural resources and pursue their artistic discipline. Each artist will spend three weeks in Shenandoah and create an original piece reflecting the experience to donate to the Park. Artists   more