KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 5, 2024, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Missouri - First Quarter 2024": * * * From December 2023 to March 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Missouri were 143,939, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 133,471  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 6 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Nov. 5, 2024: * * * 25-EKCE-207-PRE Docket Type: PRE - Pre-approval Ratemaking Principles (KSA 66-1239) Docket Description: Evergy Kansas Central, Inc., Evergy Kansas South, Inc., and Evergy Metro, Inc. for Determination of the Ratemaking Principles Date Filed: 11/05/2024 * * * 25-TRAM-5032-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 11/05  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 6 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following order (No. 25-CNHT-185-KSF) on Nov. 5, 2024: * * * In the Matter of the Application and Request of Cunningham Telephone Co., Inc. for an Increase in its Cost-Based Kansas Universal Service Fund Support. ORDER SETTING PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE This matter comes before the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas ("Commission") for consideration and decision. Having reviewed the pleadings and record, the Com  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 6 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following order (No. 25-CONS-3164-CPEN) on Nov. 5, 2024: * * * In the matter of the failure of HG Oil Holdings, LLC (Operator) to comply with K.A.R. 82-3-407 at the Young #3 well in Butler County, Kansas. PENALTY ORDER The Commission finds Operator has violated K.A.R. 82-3-407 regarding the captioned well, assesses a $1,000 penalty, directs Operator to come into compliance, and further rules as more fully described below  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 6 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following order (No. 25-CONS-3160-CPEN) on Nov. 5, 2024: * * * In the matter of the failure of Patterson Energy, LLC (Operator) to comply with K.A.R. 82-3-602 at the Muchmore-Thornburg #1 well in Gove County, Kansas. PENALTY ORDER The Commission finds Operator has violated K.A.R. 82-3-602 at the captioned well, assesses a $1,250 penalty, directs Operator to come into compliance, and further rules as more fully described   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2024: A Gallatin, Mo., man whose family farming operation is the setting of a reality TV show pleaded guilty in federal court today to a multi-million dollar fraud scheme involving federal crop insurance benefits he was not entitled to receive. Steve A. McBee, 52, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stephen  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Salina, KS U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. visited Schwan's pizza plant in Salina, KS this week. Schwan's is a national food production company with plants across the country. Senator Marshall toured Schwan's Salina production facility, where he saw the almost completed cold-storage expansion and watched their pepperoni pizzas be made. Schwan's is now the largest pizza manufacturer in the United States,   more