SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - September 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.2 percent over the past month, up 2.1 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.2 percent in September, the U.S. Bur  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Army Forces Command issued the following news: By Walter T. Ham IV U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, West Point, New York - A U.S. Army Chemical Corps Soldier was recently recognized for representing his lifesaving and mission enabling profession during branch week at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Spc. Chase H. Jordan from the 63rd Chemical Company (Hazard Response) was selected as the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives  more

DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 11 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2024: COLORADO SPRINGS - Today, Governor Polis and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced that WMD Squared Engineering has selected Colorado Springs, Colorado for expansion, creating 42 new jobs. The company provides innovative engineering, design and drafting services, specializing in production-level  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: BILLINGS, Mont. The Bureau of Reclamation is scheduled to hold three public meetings the week of Oct. 14, 2024 to discuss the Dry-Redwater Rural Water Project with the public and federal, state, and local agencies in accordance with requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). These meetings are intended to provide agencies, interested stakeholders and the public  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA announces new final regulations and funding under the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water * * * DENVER - Today, the Biden-Harris Administration issued a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years. To support that requirement, EPA is announcing $168,106,000 in newly availab  more

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 11 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2024: * * * Files brief in support of Tennessee Youth Health Protection Act * * * Governor Greg Gianforte yesterday filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Tennessee laws protecting children from permanent, life-altering and experimental medical and surgical procedures that remain unsettled science. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear United States v.   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 11 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Attorney General Hilgers announced today that a coalition of 50 Attorneys General has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. The Federal Trade Commission, which has been coordinating closely with the states throughout this investigation, has reached   more

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Oct. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico issued the following news release: On September 28, 2024, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 23 violent gang members from the municipality of Aguadilla with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, possession and distribution of controlled substances, and firearms violations, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the Distri  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: SEATTLE Jetro Holdings, LLC, a wholesale food service supplier operating under the name Restaurant Depot in Fife, has agreed to institute sweeping changes to its internal complaint procedures and implement trainings for its facilities in the state of Washington to resolve a sexual harassment complaint filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today  more

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command issued the following news: Michele Dominguez, a self-professed "Valley Girl," grew up in Southern California's San Fernando Valley region. Fluent in Valley Speak, or Valspeak, she was a regular at the famous Sherman Oaks Galleria--widely recognized as the Valley Girl's official stomping ground. Dominguez came of age during the early 1980s, a time marked by the success of Frank Zappa's iconic hit "Valley Girl  more