KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - April 2024": * * * Area prices rose 0.5 percent in April, 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 0.5 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Stat  more

LENEXA, Kansas, May 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Under President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA offers grant assistance at no cost to small and financially distressed communities * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $2,883,000 in funding through the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant program to help communities address stormwater and sewer infrastructure needs in Re  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA will begin canvassing neighborhoods affected by recent tornadoes in Iowa starting Wednesday, May 15, in coordination with state and county emergency management. FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) teams will be working in Pottawattamie and Shelby counties in Iowa, then visiting other Iowa counties designated for FEMA Individual Assistance. In Nebrask  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 16 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird called on Biden's EPA to reverse a rule that will devastate Iowa agriculture by banning formaldehyde that has been used at safe levels for years. EPA's mandate effectively bans formaldehyde by mandating that formaldehyde levels be beneath the background levels naturally found in many Americans' homes. Formaldehyde is a critical component in ensuring families ha  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it found that Nebraska is unnecessarily segregating people with serious mental illness (SMI) in assisted living facilities and day program facilities, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead v. L.C. The department found that Nebraska is restricting access to critical community-based  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 8:24-cv-00172; D. Neb. filed May 9, 2024) involving Jerry D. Guess: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Jerry D. Guess, a convicted felon, and his company, Guess & Co. Corporation, Inc. ("Guess & Co."), alleging that the Defendants conducted a fraudulent offering of Guess & Co. stock. According to the SEC's complaint, from at least June 2021 throug  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 15 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on May 14, 2024: Attorney General Alan Wilson is part of two lawsuits to stop both the Biden administration and the State of California from imposing electric-vehicle mandates on truck owners and operators throughout the country. A coalition of 24 states on Monday filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge the Biden administration's new regula  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 16 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a letter to President Joe Biden over the World Health Organization's International Health Regulations and new Pandemic Treaty. The letter, led by the State of Montana, urges the president to reject these accords to protect individual freedoms, national sovereignty, and local control. In their letter, the attorneys general share several reasons for their oppositio  more