KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - February 2025": * * * Regional prices rose 0.3 percent in February, up 3.1 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Midwest Region advanced 0.3 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 12, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY BOH Environmental LLC, Covington, Louisiana, has been awarded a maximum $466,000,000 firm-fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for specialized shipping and storage containers. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in the Federal Acquisition Reg  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: * * * Council Bluffs Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Charges COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - A Council Bluffs man and Guatemalan native was sentenced today to 192 months in federal prison for distribution and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to public court documents, Wilton Omar Garcia-Castillo, 19, distributed 500 gram  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: * * * Council Bluffs Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy Charge COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - Two Council Bluffs man were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. According to public court documents, in March and April 2024, Jessie Lee Holtz, 35, and co-defendant, Andrew Joseph Kaipus, 38, conspired to dist  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: * * * Des Moines Man Sentenced to 54 Months in Federal Prison for Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Charges DES MOINES, Iowa - A Des Moines man was sentenced today to 54 months in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering charges. According to public court documents, Bryan David Sampica, 49, executed a scheme to defraud financial institutions responsible f  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, The Brick Kitchen RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: The Brick Kitchen of Buchanan County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa's 99 counties. "Since 2021, The Brick Kitchen has cooked up incre  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the assignment of the license for television station KXLT-TV in Rochester, Minnesota, from SagamoreHill of Minnesota Licenses, LLC to Gray Television Licensee, LLC. The FCC also granted a waiver of the Local Television Ownership Rule, allowing Gray to own both KXLT-TV and KTTC(TV) in the same market, based on KXLT-TV's "failing station" status. KXLT-TV, a Fox affiliate, and KTTC, an NBC affiliate, are both located   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Votes to Hold Criminals Accountable for COVID-era Unemployment Fraud WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) voted for, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act, which would extend the statute of limitations from 5 years to 10 years for prosecuting COVID-era pandemic unemployment insurance fraud. The current statute o  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 12 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Reynolds issues statement on death of former Iowa House Representative Janet Metcalf Today, Governor Kim Reynolds issued the following statement on the death of Janet Metcalf, 89, a former state legislator who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1985 to 2003: "Kevin and I are saddened to hear of the passing of former Iowa Representative Janet Metcalf. She served her Polk Count  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Continues Probe of Biden-Harris Administration's Failure to Properly Vet Afghan Evacuees WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pressing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for answers regarding the serious security concerns caused by the Biden-Harris administration's failure to fully vet Afghan evacuees in the wake of the United States' disast  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Reignites Oversight of HHS's Unaccompanied Migrant Children Program WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is renewing his sweeping review of the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) unaccompanied migrant children (UC) program. Grassley is demanding answers from 23 HHS contractors and grantees regarding their facilitation of the program - whic  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Colleagues File Amicus Brief Defending Parents' Religious Freedoms, Protecting Children from Forced Indoctrination in Schools WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-La.), along with over 60 House and Senate Republicans, filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme C  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following floor remarks on March 11, 2025, on the nomination of Gail Slater to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division: * * * Soon, we'll vote on the nomination of Gail Slater to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division. I support her nomination, and I urge my colleagues to do the same. Antitrust is important to me, as it is to most senator  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, chairwoman of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Health Chairwoman Dr. Miller-Meeks Leads Legislative Hearing on House Republicans' Bills to Advance Health Care Options for Veterans Today, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, delivered the following opening remarks, as pr  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 12 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Iowa Attorney General's Office Concludes Black Hawk and Bremer County Deputies Justified in Officer Involved Death DES MOINES-- In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General's Office has concluded that two Black Hawk County deputies and one Bremer County deputy were legally justified in their use of force on December 15, 2024, that contributed to Willie Earl Washington's death. The  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Klobuchar & Warner Formally File Legislation to Undo President Trump's Senseless Taxes on Canadian Goods WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, (D-VA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) formally filed legislation to undo President Donald Trump's wildly unpopular tariffs on Canadian goods, w  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release: * * * Krishnamoorthi Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Prevent China From Controlling America's Food Supply Chain WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chine  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 12 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Secretary Naig Announces 15 Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation Grants # Cost-share grants will incorporate labor saving technology, increase on-farm dairy processing AMES, Iowa (March 12, 2025) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced that 15 Iowa dairy projects have been awarded Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation Grants. The cost-share grants will help expand on-farm   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Unanimously Passes the Grassley-Ossoff Justice for Murder Victims Act WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) applauded the unanimous Senate passage of their Justice for Murder Victims Act. The bipartisan bill would strike down the "year-and-a-day" rule, which prohibits murder prosecutions against individuals whose victims die m  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Unanimously Passes the Grassley-Ossoff Justice for Murder Victims Act WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) applauded the unanimous Senate passage of their Justice for Murder Victims Act. The bipartisan bill would strike down the "year-and-a-day" rule, which prohibits murder prosecut  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Regulations, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations Holds Hearing on Restoring the SBA to Its Intended Mission: Serving Main Street WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Mark Alford (R-MO), Chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations,   more