KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - March 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.7 percent in March, up 2.8 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.7 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Lab  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following opening statement on April 10, 2024, by Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger at the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee meeting: * * * Welcome to Kansas City, Missouri. First, I would like to thank our hosts at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. I am also glad that we could have this meeting in conjunction with AgCon, and I want to thank the Chairman for continuing the tradition of holding Ag  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 11 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, Governor Kristi Noem celebrated Fitch Ratings' affirmation of South Dakota's AAA credit rating. "South Dakota's conservative fiscal policies work. They make our people more prosperous and our government more efficient - and this rating reaffirms those facts," said Governor Noem. "In South Dakota, we focus on our priorities. And our top priority is and always will be t  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 10 -- The South Dakota Legislative Research Council issued the following news release: Individuals interested in serving on the Commission on Uniform Legislation who have yet to turn in their applications now have less time to do so - the application deadline has been changed to April 16, 2024. The deadline was previously June 14, 2024. The Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council will make appointments at their April 23, 2024, meeting. To be considered,   more