ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 11, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, South Region - November 2024": * * * Area prices unchanged in November; up 2.7 percent over the past year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South was unchanged in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A decline in the gas more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following opening remarks on Dec. 10, 2024, by Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson at the Market Risk Advisory Committee meeting: * * * Introduction I am delighted to have you all here, in person and virtually, to continue the thoughtful conversations and important developments of the Committee to advance a number of potential risks facing the futures and derivatives markets. Today, we continue the long tradition of this C more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) voted against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025. Congresswoman Ross has been fighting for the inclusion of her bipartisan legislation, The Camp Lejeune Justice Corrections Act, in the NDAA. However, the final text passed by the House did not incorporate her bill. "The annual defense authorization presents an important opportun more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) announced new hires and staff changes in his office. Grant Auman joined the Crapo office as Staff Assistant and D.C. Office Manager. Grant first joined the Crapo office as an intern in June. He previously completed an internship for U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska). Grant graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with degrees in political science, economics and Spanis more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina issued an order for summary judgment and a permanent injunction against and , formerly of Raleigh, North Carolina and Los Angeles, and , and, all North Carolina limited liability companies, on charges the defendants operated a fraudulent foreign currency scheme,  more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 12 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * Today, Attorney General and Governor-elect Josh Stein released the following statement after Governor Cooper's veto of SB382 was overridden. "The people of western North Carolina are desperate for help from their state government. Yet, this bill is a power grab, not hurricane relief. It is despicable for the Republicans in the General Assembly to use folks' in more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded Friends of Southwest Virginia a $1,300,000 grant. The funding will support an assessment of damage to outdoor recreation assets resulting from Hurricane Helene. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "This ARC grant for $1,300,000 helps Friends of Southwest Virginia hire an engineering firm to conduct a thorough asses more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on House passage of the National Defense Authorization Act: "Our adversaries will stop at nothing to undermine our national interests, so ensuring the nation's military is prepared to combat new and serious threats i more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Biden-Harris administration's final rule affecting the increased self-insurance liability obligations of coal production companies: "The Biden-Harris DOL is hanging the coal industry out to d more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * In response to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's last-ditch effort to keep labor bosses happy, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement: "President Trump was given a mandate by the American people, and that means that Big Labor knows the days of having the fe more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-09) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (FY 25 NDAA) with bipartisan support: "As the representative of the largest military base in the world, I fought hard for a pay increase for our troops and more money for housing and quality of life investments for  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated Dec. 2, 2024, from the North Carolina Clean Energy Fund: * * * To: The Honorable Janet Yellen Secretary Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20220 Re: Notice 2024-27: Request for Comments on Situations in Which a Section 6417(a) Election Could Be Made for Credits Purchased in Transfers Under Section 6418(a) * * * Dea more ST

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 12 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein announced a $825,000 settlement to resolve allegations that Carter Clinic, P.A., and its owner, Myleme Nyerere Ojinga Harrison, M.D. submitted false claims to the North Carolina Medicaid program. "Health care providers can't waste taxpayer dollars to put more in their own pockets," said Attorney General Josh Stein. "My office will hold a more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 12 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today warned four voice service providers that they have been transmitting suspected illegal robocall traffic on their networks on behalf of one or more of their customers, and that they must stop doing so. Attorney General Stein co-leads the 51-attorney general Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, which has been investigating  more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- North Carolina Community College System issued the following news on Dec. 11, 2024: The North Carolina Community College System will host a Bidders' Conference for the 2025-2029 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) grant application. The event will take place on Monday, January 27, 2025, from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. at 200 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC, in the Gregory Poole Conference Room on the  more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 12 -- The North Carolina Department of Labor issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Today, Labor Commissioner-elect Luke Farley announced his incoming government affairs team who will advance the Commissioner's and the N.C. Department of Labor's legislative and budgetary agenda. Edgar V. Starnes, Director of Governmental Affairs - Starnes represented Caldwell County in the North Carolina House of Representatives for a total of twenty years. During his more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: Daryl Cromartie, 32, of Wilmington, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for possession of a firearm by felon and possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and phencyclidine (PCP). On February 27, 2024, Cromartie pled guilty to the charges. According to court records and evidence presented in court, in February 2023, the Wilmington P more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ-06) joined storm and fire survivors at the U.S. Capitol to push for comprehensive and equitable disaster recovery solutions. Pallone joined advocates, organized by the New Jersey Organizing Project, in calling for the permanent authorization and full funding of the U.S. Department of House and Urban Developments (HUD)'s Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Reco more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), released the following statement after voting against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025. "The federal government has the solemn responsibility to support our servicemembers who make immense sacrifices to defend our nation. Still, House Republicans have decided to prioritize political interests and a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Senators Thom Tillis and Ted Budd hosted N.C. Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, N.C. House of Representatives Speaker-elect Destin Hall, State Senators Bill Rabon and Ralph Hise, and State Representative Dudley Greene to discuss efforts to provide immediate assistance to North Carolinians affected by Hurricane Helene's devastation. "We are fully committed to doing everything in our power  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Senators Thom Tillis and Ted Budd hosted N.C. Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, N.C. House of Representatives Speaker-elect Destin Hall, State Senators Bill Rabon and Ralph Hise, and State Representative Dudley Greene to discuss efforts to provide immediate assistance to North Carolinians affected by Hurricane Helene's devastation. "We are fully committed to doing everything in our pow more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Election Assistance Commission issued the following news release: * * * The EAC Commissioners also Unanimously Approve Appointment of Camden Kelliher as General Counsel * * * WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) hosted a 2024 Post-Election Hearing at the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's Ballot Processing Center. During the livestreamed event, state and local election officials joined the EAC's Commis more PR