KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 24, 2024, entitled "Missouri Job Openings and Labor Turnover - July 2024": * * * Missouri had 143,000 job openings in July 2024, compared to 161,000 openings in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the j  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 24, 2024, entitled "Montana Job Openings and Labor Turnover - July 2024": * * * Montana had 30,000 job openings in July 2024, compared to 35,000 openings in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job o  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 24, 2024, entitled "Wyoming Job Openings and Labor Turnover - July 2024": * * * Wyoming had 15,000 job openings in July 2024, compared to 17,000 openings in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job o  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: An Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and for illegally possessing a firearm. Wiser Key, 25, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 25 years in federal prison without parole. On March 27, 2024, Key pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to d  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The National Security Innovation Network, a program office of the Department of Defense, issued the following news: This summer, the National Security Innovation Network provided X-Force Fellows from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) for a project that is more than meets the eye. Throughout the design process, students Katie Butler and Adam Soleimani, jokingly-compared their drone prototype to   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The White House issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Kansas and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding from June 26 to July 7, 2024. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonpro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following (decision type) (Docket No. xx) entitled "Evergy Inc., Evergy Metro Inc. and Evergy Kansas Central Inc. Vs. BNSF Railway Co.": * * * On January 31, 2024, Evergy, Inc. (Evergy), Evergy Metro, Inc. (Evergy Metro), and Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. (EKC) (collectively, Complainants), filed a complaint against BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), alleging that BNSF has violated its obligations u  more