KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Kansas City District issued the following news release: By Christine E. Paul, Public Affairs Specialist After Lewis and Clark ended their journey westward in 1806, an expedition known as the Corps of Discovery, the Missouri River would prove to be a vital link between the east and west. Flowing right through the heartland, the Missouri River is the longest river in the U.S. and is an important economic resource to the region,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: * * * Investigation found servers earned tips only, cooks received a set wage * * * JEFFERSON CITY, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit in federal court against a Jefferson City buffet restaurant and its owner, after investigators with the department's Wage and Hour Division found servers worked for tips only and cooks were paid a set cash salary regardless of how many hours they worked, lead  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following white paper (No. 2024-024A) on September 16, 2024 entitled "Hours Worked and Lifetime Earnings Inequality". The white paper was written by Alexander Bick of FRB, St. Louis, CEPR; Adam Blandin of Vanderbilt University and Richard Rogerson of Princeton University. * * * Abstract We document large differences in lifetime hours of work using data from the NLSY79 and argue that these differences ar  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following white paper (No. 2024-023A) on September 11, 2024 entitled "Measuring Trends in Work From Home: Evidence from Six U.S. Datasets". The white paper was written by Alexander Bick of FRB, St. Louis, CEPR; Adam Blandin, Aidan Caplan, and Tristan Caplan of Vanderbilt University. * * * Abstract This paper documents the prevalence of work from home (WFH) in six U.S. data sets. These surveys measure WF  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following white paper (No. 2024-025A) in September 2024 entitled "Mismatch Unemployment During COVID-19 and the Post-Pandemic Labor Shortages". The white paper was written by Serdar Birinci economic policy advisor of St. Louis Fed; Yusuf Mercan of Kansas City Fed and Kurt See of Bank of Canada. * * * Abstract We examine the extent to which mismatch unemployment--employment losses relative to an efficien  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Micky Lee Wagner, also known as "Clifton Leigh Wagner Martin," "Mickey Lee Wagner," "Leigh Wagner," "Michy Wagner," "Lee Wagner," and "Dr. Leigh," has been sentenced to federal prison for operating a scheme to defraud factoring companies of more than $5 million while using stolen identities. "Wagner has an extensive history of devising schemes to take advantage   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release: The Internal Revenue Service has appointed 10 new members to the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee or ETAAC. Founded by statute in 1998, the ETAAC serves as a public forum for discussing electronic tax administration issues. Initially, the committee's main objective was to encourage paperless filing of tax and information returns. However, its focus has broad  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that REHA JANEE ARVIE, ("ARVIE"), age 33, of Westwego, LA, was indicted on September 6, 2024 for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud (Count1), in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349; Mail Fraud (Counts 2 and 3), in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a woman who obtained COVID-19 pandemic loans for a fake company called the "Barbie Factory" to a year and a day in prison. Juashayla Jane Walls, 31, of Jennings, Missouri, was also ordered to repay $55,833 and will be placed on supervised release for five years after her release from  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued the following news release: In recognition of World Patient Safety Day, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing actions to address patient and workforce safety in our health care system. Last year, President Biden tasked his Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) to identify a path forward to tackle these systemic and pervasive challenges. In response, PCAST made actionable recommendatio  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 18 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a comment letter that asks the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain a federal legal block on California's Advanced Clean Fleets regulation. The regulation attempts to impose an electric-truck mandate on fleet owners, operators, and manufacturers--including trucking companies that drive one truck for as little as one day per   more