WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corp.) issued the following news: * * * Amtrak and states celebrate Borealis reaching a quarter-million riders - and beyond * Milestone passed during the July 4 holiday weekend CHICAGO and ST. PAUL, Minn. - Amtrak carried its 250,000 th guest on state-sponsored Borealis trains between the Twin Cities and Chicago over the Independence Day 2025 holiday weekend. "Thanks to the support of our partners, we're honored to have more than  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin, Ernst Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Access to Mental Health Care for Farmers, Rural Communities * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced the Farmers First Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation to address the mental health epidemic in rural America and expand access to critical mental health care for our nation's agricultural comm  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- House Democratic Caucus issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Aguilar: Republicans own the health care crisis that they've created * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu held a press conference on the failure of House Republicans to protect health care and lower costs. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Thank you for joining us. Pleased as always to be joined by Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus, Ted Lieu. Good mor  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Expands Access to Lifesaving Gene Therapies Through Innovative State Agreements * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that 33 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, will participate in the Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Access Model, a bold new approach to delivering cutting-edge t  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area -- June 2025 * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area advanced 0.3 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Julie Wilson noted that the energy index increased 1.  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region -- June 2025 * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Midwest region advanced 0.7 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The all items less food and energy index increased 0.6 percent. The index for energy rose 3.2 percen  more