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

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, South Region - January 2024": * * * Prices in the South up 0.6 percent in January and 3.4 percent over the past year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South rose 0.6 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See ta  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Feb. 14 -- Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Governor Tate Reeves today announced a major public safety operation taking place in the city of Jackson. The large-scale public safety operation, called Operation Unified, is the result of coordinated efforts between state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies. The operation involves surging state, local, and federal law enforcement resources to Mississippi's capital ci  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Jackson man was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Randy Williams, Jr., 52, of Jackson, sold methamphetamine from his residence to an individual. Williams was held accountable for distributing a total amount of 144 grams of methamphetamine,  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Three DeSoto County residents were arrested today on criminal charges related to their involvement in a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain government funds intended to protect employees of endangered businesses during the COVID pandemic through the Payroll Protection Program of the U.S. Small Business Administration. According to court docu  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 14 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in Lackey v. Stinnie. The brief, led by the State of Georgia, supports Gerald F. Lackey, the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, in a case about whether a party who obtains a preliminary injunction is entitled to attorney fees, particularly when the case thereafter becomes moot. Aft  more