KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 28, 2024, entitled "Consumer Expenditures for the Denver Metropolitan Area - 2022-23": * * * Households in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, metropolitan area spent an average of $94,236 per year in 2022-23, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hi  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 28, 2024, entitled "Consumer Expenditures in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area - 2022-23": * * * Households in the St. Louis, MO-IL, metropolitan area spent an average of $73,715 per year in 2022-23, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak no  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * MFA Inc. faces $241,887 in proposed penalties, cited for 6 violations * * * HAMILTON, MO A Missouri grain cooperative could have prevented an employee's fatal engulfment in a storage bin in May 2024 had it followed federal workplace safety requirements, the U.S. Department of Labor determined. Responding to the employer's report of a worker fatality, inv  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following commentary to the CyberScoop on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * Today, during Cybersecurity Awareness Month, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) penned an op-ed for CyberScoop on how the public and private sectors can work together to defend against growing threats to the healthcare sector as cyber hygiene increasingly impacts patient care. * * *  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 29 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * 25-TRAM-5030-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 10/28/2024 * * * 25-TRAM-200-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Epic Excavating LLC Date Filed: 10/28/2024 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/portal.  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 30 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * 25-CONS-3165-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Application - Thresher Energy, Inc. Date Filed: 10/29/2024 * * * 25-FSEE-201-COC Docket Type: COC - Certificate of Convenience Docket Description: FreeState Electric Cooperative Application Date Filed: 10/29/2024 * * * 25-FSEE-202-COC Docket Type: COC - Certificate of Convenie  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: Ensuring every American has access to the tools we have to prevent, detect, and treat cancer is essential to achieving the goals of the reignited Biden Cancer Moonshot--saving and extending lives, and boosting support for people and families facing cancer. Accelerating the fight against cancer is a core component of the President's Unity Agenda, a set of priorities   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01) urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina M. Khan to help prevent elder fraud in Rhode Island. In the letter, Congressman Amo highlights that Rhode Island is one of ten states to see the largest increase in elder fraud between 2022 and 2023. The letter asks for assistance in addressing the increasing prevalence of fraud and scams in Rhode Island  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall M.D., a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and his colleagues in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting information concerning the recent arrest of two Afghan nationals in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who were allegedly plotting an Election Day terrorist attack, on be  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Salina, KS Today U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. announced $477,648 in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding for the Sheridan County Health Complex (SCHC) to support its Kansas Produce Prescription Program for Frontier Kids program, which will provide fresh produce to low-income students with identified mental or physical health needs. "As a physician, I firmly believe there is a connection betwe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following news release: The United States, through USAID, committed $57.4 million, working with Congress, to accelerate food security initiatives and advance novel climate-smart agricultural solutions to reduce global hunger, poverty, and undernutrition. Announced at the 2024 World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue in Iowa, more than $38 million will support Feed the Future the U.S. government's global hunger initiative I  more