ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Oklahoma, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Altus Air Force Base (97th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Miyah Gray, 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs Airmen assigned to the 190th Air Refueling Wing teamed up with Airmen from the 97th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron, and 54th Air Refueling Squadron to conduct the first ever hot pit refueling training at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Feb. 6, 2024. Hot pit ref  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 9, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent in the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 9, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Detroit Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 9, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.6 percent in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported tod  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 13, 2024], entitled "Consumer Price Index, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Area - January 2024": * * * Area prices fell 0.1 percent in December and January, up 3.5 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), fell 0.1 perce  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - January 2024": * * * Area prices rose 0.3 percent in January, up 2.7 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.3 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of La  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following opening statement on Feb. 13, 2024, by Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger at the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee meeting: * * * Before we get started, I also want to recognize our #1 Kansas City Chiefs fan and EEMAC Secretary Lauren Fulks who once again went above and beyond the call of duty in both hosting a Super Bowl party on Sunday and flying to Colorado early Monday morning. I would also  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that a total of three grantees will receive an award for a combined $2 Million in 2023 Hope VI Main Street grants. These grants will assist small communities in rejuvenating older downtown business districts and developing affordable housing while retaining the area's traditional and historic charac  more

MCCONNELL AFB, Kansas, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force McConnell Air Force Base (22nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein, 931st Air Refueling Wing Beginning at the dawn of the new year, Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 931st Air Refueling Wing (ARW) are now working with the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, the active-duty host unit at McConnell, to ensure KC-46A Pegasus crews are trained and ready at the installation- and nationwide, particularly at the official KC  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on Feb. 12, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Wow, that was a flash. (Laughs.) My goodness. Is that a Polaroid? Q: It is. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Whoa. Taking us back. Okay. I think -- is the mic okay? Q: Yeah, it sounds good. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah? Okay. All right, everybody. Happy Monday and good afternoon to eve  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on Feb. 12, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby: * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Awesome. Thank you. Q: Can you help me understand, though, like, why -- why there wouldn't be any communication between CFIUS and the administration broadly? I mean, with the National Security Council, given -- MR. KIRBY: I didn't say there  more