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

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

BETHESDA, Maryland, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders issued the following news: Hearing loss can make it difficult to participate in daily conversations, which can lead to frustration, social isolation, depression, anxiety, and other issues that negatively impact quality of life. Assistive technologies such as hearing aids and cochlear implants can improve communication for those with hearing loss, but these  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 11 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2024: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the following appointments to the Michigan Women's Commission, Michigan Board of Dentistry, Michigan Beef Industry Commission, Board of Barber Examiners, Military Appeals Tribunal, Statewide Housing Partnership, and the Michigan Wildlife Council, and Commission on Middle Eastern Affairs. Today's appointees represent Michigan's young profession  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

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

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2024: The lead defendant in a scheme that manufactured, sold and distributed 120,000 counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination record cards was sentenced today. Nicholas Frank Sciotto, 34, of Salt Lake City, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Tena Campbell to 12 months' imprisonment, three years supervised release, and ordered by the court to pay a $40,000 fine  more