CHICAGO, Illinois, June 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Area - May 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.4 percent over the past month, up 3.1 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.4 percent in Ma  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Area - May 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.3 percent over the past two months, up 2.6 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advan  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, June 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * New nickel-rich cathodes could allow batteries to store more energy * * * Safe and efficient energy storage is important for American prosperity and security. With the adoption of both renewable energy sources and electric vehicles on the rise around the world, it is no surprise that research into a new generation of batteries is a major focus. Researche  more

HANOVER PARK, Illinois, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Maestro Construction Inc. continues to flout OSHA regulations for effective fall protection * * * Federal workplace safety inspectors found an Illinois construction contractor -- cited seven times since 2020 -- again exposing employees doing framing work to the risk of deadly falls from elevation at two homes under construction in Hanover Park  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on June 12, 2024, on the Right to IVF Act (S. 4445), which was introduced by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, and 46 cosponsors: * * * The Administration strongly supports Senate passage of S. 4445, the Right to IVF Act. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade nearly two years ago, it paved the way for Republican elected officials' extreme, out-of-touch agenda,  more

MENLO PARK, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers have released 10 terabytes of data from the OpenUniverse project, which has created a detailed simulation of the universe astrophysicists can use to help calibrate expectations from two major new telescopes. Researchers are diving into a synthetic universe to help us better understand the real one. Using supercomputers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne Na  more