WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following July 2026 Beige Book: * * * Summary of Economic Activity Economic activity increased slightly in the Ninth District since the previous report. Employment grew moderately, while wage growth was modest to moderate. Prices increased moderately, and input price pressures remained elevated. Growth was noted in services, construction, commercial real estate, and manufacturing. Consumer spending, residential real est  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Neguse Introduce Legislation to Safeguard Local Input on Public Lands Oil and Gas Leases * Washington, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) introduced the Local Input Act. This bicameral bill seeks to protect the right of local communities to provide input into proposed oil and gas lease sales on national public lands and would rest  more