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Federal Tipoffs Involving Missouri Newsletter for Saturday November 23, 2024 ( 4 items )  

BLS Mountain-Plains Region Issues Report Entitled 'Kansas Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2024'
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 22, 2024, entitled "Kansas Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2024": * * * Kansas had 74,000 job openings in September 2024, compared to 72,000 openings in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that t  more

FLRA Issues Decision Regarding VA, John J. Pershing VA Medical Center Vs. AFGE, Local 2338
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following decision (Case No. 0-AR-5934): * * * UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS JOHN J. PERSHING VA MEDICAL CENTER POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI (Agency) and AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES LOCAL 2338 (Union) 0-AR-5934 ORDER DISMISSING EXCEPTIONS November 18, 2024 * * * Before the Authority: Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman, and Colleen Duffy Kiko and Anne Wagner, Members I. Statement of the Case   more

Mo. U.S. Attorney: Man Admits Selling Fatal Dose of Fentanyl
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Nov. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: A St. Louis man pleaded guilty Friday and admitted selling the fentanyl that killed a 52-year-old in 2023. Sylvester Clay, 50, admitted that on Dec. 8, 2023, he sold fentanyl to the victim on the parking lot of a gas station on the St. Louis - St. Louis County line. The victim's friend had picked him up from a hospital in Springfield, Missouri  more

Mo. U.S. Attorney: Phelps County Felon Caught With Guns and Methamphetamine Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Nov. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Friday sentenced a convicted felon caught with guns and methamphetamine to 15 years in prison. Clifford Pankey, 42, pleaded guilty in July to being a felon in possession of a firearm and admitted distributing meth, making meth and possessing numerous firearms as a convicted felon, including stolen and def  more