KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - October 2024": * * * Area prices fell 0.1 percent in October, up 2.6 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were down 0.1 percent in October, the U.S. Bureau of L  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Friday, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee's Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee led 24 of their colleagues in filing a bicameral amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The focus of the brief is a final rule fro  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA is adding seven water segments for public comment * * * LENEXA, KAN. (NOV. 13, 2024) - EPA has taken action on Iowa's 2024 list of impaired waters that do not meet applicable water quality standards and require pollutant reduction. Every two years, states are required to submit a report for EPA review that characterizes the state's surface water quality and a list of every impaired water   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: As part of her continuing effort to prevent sexual misconduct in the prison system, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is supporting the bipartisan Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act to address the increasingly pervasive sexual assault and harassment of Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employees by inmates. From 2019-2023 there were 1,600 female staff members attacked by inmates at Thomson Federal Prison, just acro  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: RED OAK, Iowa U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Week: Sergeant Bluff EyeCare of Woodbury County. Throughout this Congress, Ranking Member Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa's 99 counties. "From serving as a Patriot Missile Officer in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to deploying to Af  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Yesterday, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) voted for the Social Security Fairness Act that would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) to ensure that public servants like teachers, police officers, and firefighters receive the full Social Security benefits that they have earned. "Our seniors deserve to receive the Social Security benefits they have earned a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is seeking transparency from federal Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs) regarding their efforts to hold employees accountable for sexual misconduct. Grassley sent letters to 76 OIGs requesting data on all sexual harassment settlements OIGs have paid out using taxpayer dollars in the last five years. "Inspectors General are responsible for shining a light on government abu  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (IA-02) released the statement below following her vote to support House passage of the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act. This legislation will ensure certain Social Security benefits for millions of retired public servants. "For far too long, public servants like teachers and police officers in Iowa have been unfairly punished through reduced Social Security benefits  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough raising concerns over reports that numerous VA employees improperly accessed the medical records of then-vice-presidential candidates Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz. In the letter, the senators wrote, "Nine million veterans rely on the VA to protect their medical records. Rece  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 14 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 23-state coalition in demanding that Special Counsel Jack Smith, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis immediately end their political prosecutions of President Donald Trump. The prosecutions, which never should have been brought against President Trump at all, now threaten a Constitut  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 14 -- The Iowa Department of Insurance and Financial Services's Insurance Division issued the following news release: Lance Seastrand, age 52, and his wife, Staci Seastrand, age 56, of Davenport, were sentenced on October 31, 2024, after pleading guilty to felony charges stemming from an investigation by the Clinton County Sheriff's Office and the Iowa Insurance Fraud Bureau. The investigation by the Clinton County Sheriff's Office began in December 2021 when a disabled   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks announced her candidacy for House Republican Conference Secretary. In a letter to her colleagues, Miller-Meeks highlighted the need for battleground district representation in House GOP Leadership and her ability to help grow the Republican majority. The full text of the letter is below: Colleagues, I am honored to put forth my   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: Friday, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee's Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee led 24 of their colleagues in filing a bicameral amicus brief in the U  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) introduced the Stand with Israel Act, which would prohibit the U.S. from funding United Nations (UN) agencies that expel, downgrade, suspend, or otherwise restrict the participation of the State of Israel. "The UN should be pressuring Hamas to release every single hostage, not punishing Israel for defending her people and her very existence. There has bee  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (No. 654) on November 8, 2024: Here are excerpts: * * * WHEAT: The outlook for 2024/25 U.S. wheat this month is for slightly larger supplies, domestic use, and ending stocks but unchanged exports. Supplies are raised on higher imports, increased 5 million bushels to 120 million, all on Hard Red Spring. Domestic use is raised, all on food use, based main  more