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News Tipoffs - West Virginia Editors Newsletter for Thursday April 11, 2024 ( 4 items )  

BLS - Mid-Atlantic Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Area - March 2024'
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area - March 2024": * * * Area prices were up 1.0 percent over the past 2 months, up 3.4 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers  more

BLS - Southeast Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, South Region - March 2024'
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

Mich. U.S. Attorney: Leader of Seven Mile Bloods Street Gang Sentenced to Life in Prison After Being Convicted of Racketeering, Murder, and Other Related Offenses
DETROIT, Michigan, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The leader of the Seven Mile Bloods Street Gang was sentenced to life in prison today after having been convicted in December, 2023 of 22 counts, including racketeering conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, and related firearms offenses, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcement by Cheyvoryea Gibs  more

W.Va. Gov. Justice, School Building Authority Approve $150 Million for New Schools, Major Renovations Across 18 Counties
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 11 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Gov. Justice, as Chairman of the West Virginia School Building Authority (SBA), announced a groundbreaking investment today as the SBA approved an award of $149,851,553.00 for 18 new needs-based projects. This latest funding builds upon a previous award of $111 million in December 2023, bringing the total awards for Fiscal Year 2024 to an unprecedented $261 million, se  more