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News Tipoffs - Wisconsin Editors Newsletter for Friday August 16, 2024 ( 8 items )  

Attorney General Henry Joins Multistate Coalition to Protect Regulations on Gun Sales
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 16 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: * * * Multistate Coalition Files Amicus Brief to Support Common Sense State and Federal Regulations on Sale of Guns * * * Attorney General Michelle Henry joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general led by New York in support of common sense state and federal laws that regulate the sale of guns. The coalition filed an amicus brief (https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024  more

Attorney General Josh Stein Fights for Commonsense Gun Protections
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 16 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting commonsense state and federal laws that keep communities safe. The brief, filed in U.S. v. Steven Perez, argues that federal laws to prevent people from transporting or receiving firearms from outside their home state are necessary to protect public safety, reduce violent crime, and suppo  more

Attorney General Nessel Joins Multistate Coalition to Protect Regulation of Gun Sales
LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 16 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in support of commonsense state and federal laws that regulate the sale of firearms to keep communities safe. The coalition filed an amicus brief in U.S. v. Steven Perez arguing that federal laws preventing individuals from transporting or receiving firearms from outside the state in which they reside, except   more

BLS - Midwest Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Area - July 2024'
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 14, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Area - July 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.6 percent over the past month, up 3.7 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 0.6 percent in J  more

BLS - Midwest Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Area - July 2024'
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 14, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Area - July 2024": * * * Area prices were up 1.3 percent over the past two months, up 3.5 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), adva  more

BLS Mountain-Plains Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - July 2024'
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 14, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - July 2024": * * * Area prices rose 0.5 percent in July; up 2.7 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 July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Stati  more

William H. Hatten Park Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 16 -- The Wisconsin Historical Society issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2024: NEW LONDON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of William H. Hatten Park in the National Register of Historic Places on August 7, 2024. The park was established in 1935 in New London, Waupaca County. William H. Hatten Recreation Park was created in 1935 on the western side of New London. The site was donated to the city by local resident Chester Allen.   more

Wis. U.S. Attorney: Fox Valley Man Sentenced to 12 1/2 Years' Imprisonment for Trafficking Fentanyl and for Possessing Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking and as Previously Convicted Felon
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Aug. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin issued the following news release: Wisconsin, announced that on August 13, 2024, Senior United States District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced Christopher D. Turner (age: 32) to a total sentence of 12 1/2 years' imprisonment and eight years supervised release after Turner pled guilty to Possessing Fentanyl With Intent to Distribute, Possessing Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking,   more