ATLANTA, Georgia, June 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, South Region - May 2024": * * * Area prices up 0.1 percent in May and 3.2 percent over the past year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South rose 0.1 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The monthly increase in the  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 12 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: As part of a bipartisan coalition of 44 state and territory attorneys general, Attorney General Liz Murrill joined a letter sent by the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) to Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) and U.S. House leadership endorsing the Child Exploitation and Artificial Intelligence Expert Commission Act of 2024. The Act was sponsored by Rep. Langworthy (R-NY) and co-sponsored  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: A Crowder woman was sentenced on Tuesday to 23 years in prison for selling methamphetamine. According to court documents, Linda Hunt, 49, of Crowder, Mississippi pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District to Mississippi to distribution of methamphetamine. Hunt was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Sharion Aycock   more

JACKSON, Mississippi, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: A Philadelphia man pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, William Charles Clemmons, Jr., 40, was indicted by a federal grand jury and pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Clemmons is scheduled to be sentenced on September   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on June 10, 2024, at a Juneteenth concert: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Whoa! (Applause.) The White House lawn has never seen -- please have a seat if you have one. (Laughter.) The White House lawn has never seen anything like this before. That was outstanding. (Applause.) Thanks to all of the performers here tonight and to help us feel the power of Black culture that is American culture. (Applause.) What a fitting tribute to Junete  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 12 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on June 11, 2024: Attorney General Alan Wilson today led a bipartisan coalition of 44 state and territory attorneys general in a letter by the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) to Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) and U.S. House leadership endorsing the Child Exploitation and Artificial Intelligence Expert Commission Act of 2024. The Act was sponsored by Rep. Langworthy (R-NY) and  more