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

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 14 -- The Meet Minneapolis, an association that says it promotes and sells the Minneapolis area as a destination for conventions and meetings, issued the following news release: * * * Art, History and Curiosity Commingle in Museum Offerings Throughout the City * * * Minneapolis boasts 55 area museums with collections spanning thousands of years of history, art, culture and performance art. From unexpected topics to diversity and depth of subjects, visitors to Min  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Nov. 13, 2024: * * * White House Hosts "Classroom to Career" Summit, Celebrates Successful Efforts to Expand High-Quality Career Pathways and Workforce Development Programs in Every Community Today, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will welcome approximately 200 education and workforce leaders to the White House for the Biden-Harris Administration's "Classroom to Career" Summit. The Administration  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 13 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following article on November 12, 2024, by Ben Horowitz and CHrstina Spicher entitled "In Greater Minnesota, apartment owners' operating costs rise as small cities "scream for more housing"." Here are excerpts: * * * Insurance, interest rates, and staffing are common challenges for rental housing owners and operators in Greater Minnesota, a region made up of 80 of the state's 87 counties and home to 45 perce  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In honor of National Home Care and Hospice Month, we are highlighting data about two of the most common occupations that provide care to people with illnesses or disabilities in a home or community-based setting--home health aides and personal care aides. In 2023, women accounted for 87 percent of all home health aides and 80 percent of personal c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Yesterday, U.S. Representative Angie Craig helped lead a bipartisan coalition to pass the Social Security Fairness Act through the House of Representatives. The bipartisan bill would repeal two decades-long provisions of the Social Security Act that unfairly reduce Social Security benefits for millions of Americans including police officers, firefighters, teachers and federal employees. More than two mill  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: Today, House Great Lakes Task Force Co-Chairs Dave Joyce (OH-14), Bill Huizenga (MI-4), Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), and Debbie Dingell (MI-6) sent a letter to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure urging consideration of H.R. 7257, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2024. On February 6th, 2024, this bipartisan bill was introduced to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration  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