DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions - June 2025 * Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $39.94 per hour in the South to $56.67 in the Northeast in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In the other two regions, h  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is conducting a competitive, sealed bid sale of eight healthcare mortgage loans. The loans are secured by properties that include skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota and Missouri. The sale, known as HLS 2026-1, involves first-lien mortgage notes sold without Federal Housing Administration insurance. The sale is structured as a competitive auction, which allo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Alford in the Washington Examiner: Healing America: A call for unity amid tragedy * Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) published an opinion piece in the Washington Examiner in response to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Congressman Alford is calling for national healing and unity through faith following this tragedy, while making clear political violence has no p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Chairman Hawley Sounds the Alarm on America's Fire Truck Crisis * Chairman Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ranking Member Andy Kim (D-N.J.) held a hearing in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Disaster Management that revealed private equity's role in the growing equipment crisis facing fire departments across the country. The hearing featured fire chiefs, union president  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * New Jobs Data Revisions Show High Interest Rates Must Come Down to Let Working Families Tax Cuts Succeed Nearly a million fewer jobs were created during the end of the Biden Administration, according to a recent report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The annual benchmark revision to nonfarm payroll data revealed that job growth was actually 91  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2025: * * * Burlison Announces Hearing on Reversing the Decline of the American Education System Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) today announced a hearing titled "Opening Doors to Opportunity: The Pr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Burlison Announces Hearing on Reversing the Decline of the American Education System * WASHINGTON-- Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) today announced a hearing titled "Opening Doors to Opportunity: The Promise of Expanded School Choice and Alternatives to Four-Year College Degrees." American K-12 education had been declining  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Cleaver Condemns Passage of Mid-Decade Redistricting by Missouri Legislature * (Kansas City, MO) - U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after the Missouri Legislature formally passed legislation to enact mid-decade redistricting in Missouri without an updated census. "Despite tens of thousands of Missourians taking the time to call their state l  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * T&I Leaders Introduce Bill to Ensure Safe, Efficient U.S. Pipeline Network A bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA's) pipeline safety programs for the next four years and provide an efficient, effective framework to advance the safety of U.S. energy infrast  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12945) on Sept. 11, 2025, by defense policy analysts Jennifer DiMascio and Anya L. Fink: * * * U.S. Strategic Bombers The U.S. Air Force deploys three strategic (or heavy) bombers - the B-52, B-1B, and B-2 - to carry bombs or air-to-surface missiles for conventional and nuclear missions. Bombers carry heavy ordnance loads across long distances, for long periods of time, to str  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The University of Missouri Board of Curators and university physicians have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) addressing critical issues affecting the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The organization highlights the need for adjustments in the reporting requirements for the MIPS Value Pathways and Advanced Alternative Payment Models to alleviate burdens on multi-specialty pra  more