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News Tipoffs - Wyoming Editors Newsletter for Thursday November 14, 2024 ( 7 items )  

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, West Region - October 2024'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - October 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.1 percent over the past month, up 2.1 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.1 percent in October, the U.S. Bureau   more

Idaho A.G. Labrador Calls on FCC to Strengthen Vetting Process to Block Robo-Callers
BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 14 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador and a bipartisan coalition of 46 Attorneys General called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "Idaho citizens are no strangers to the plague of fraudulent robo-call   more

Miss. A.G. Fitch Calls on the FCC to Strengthen Vetting Process to Block Robocallers
JACKSON, Mississippi, Nov. 14 -- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: Attorney General Lynn Fitch and a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "Unsolicited robocalls and robotexts are too often a gateway to sc  more

President Biden Approves Wyoming Disaster Declaration on Nov. 13, 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The White House issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Wyoming and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires from August 21 to August 31, 2024. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for   more

S.C. A.G. Alan Wilson Calls on the FCC to Strengthen Vetting Process to Block Robocallers
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Nov. 14 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Nov. 13, 2024: Attorney General Alan Wilson and a bipartisan coalition of 46 other attorneys general called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "It's no surprise that the same people who bombard us with  more

Tenn. A.G. Skrmetti and 46 Attorneys General Call on the FCC to Strengthen Vetting Process to Block Robocallers
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Nov. 13, 2024: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "Everyone hates robocalls. And as technology gets mo  more

Utah A.G. Reyes and Arizona Corporation Commission Co-Lead Motion and Protest in BlackRock's Attempt To Control Utilities
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 14 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Nov. 13, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes co-led a coalition of 19 states with the Arizona Corporation Commission in filing a Motion to Intervene and Protest in BlackRock, Inc.'s latest attempt to obtain an unlawful blanket authorization to own utilities from the U.S. Federal Regulatory Commission (FERC). Over the past decade, BlackRock has been granted blanket authorizations and reauthorizati  more