CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 16, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin - July 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.226 a gallon in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area in July 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that area gasoline prices averaged $4.172 per gallon i  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 16, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn - July 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.698 a gallon in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area in July 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that area gasoline prices were comparable to last July w  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- President Biden issued the following proclamation on Aug. 16, 2024, on the establishment of the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument: * * * In August 1908, mere blocks from the former home of President Abraham Lincoln, a white mob attacked the Black community in Springfield, Illinois, lynching two Black Americans and burning homes down to their foundations. By the time the National Guard quelled the violence, the mob had looted and destroyed businesses, razed ci  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: President Joe Biden today established the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument as America's newest national park site the eighth addition to the national park system during the Biden-Harris administration. The new national monument will help tell a more complete story of America by preserving historic objects associated with a violent, racially motivated riot in President Abraham Lincoln's home  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * President Biden Designates Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument Today, during the 116th anniversary of the Springfield Race Riot, which occurred August 14-16, 1908, President Biden will sign a proclamation establishing the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument in Springfield, Illinois. The new national monument will tell the story of a horrific attack by a white mob on a Black community that  more