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 -- Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-03) successfully passed her bipartisan Zip Code bill, H.R. 8753, unanimously through the U.S. House of Representatives today. This bipartisan bill, which now heads to the U.S. Senate, benefits communities throughout the country by requiring the Postal Service to formally designate unique zip codes within their system for 51 specific cities and towns including the Colorado  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * Program fulfills Bipartisan Infrastructure Law directive and advances the Department's National Roadway Safety Strategy * * * The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today announced $171 million in grants to 19 states and territories to upgrade and standardize their crash data systems. The system upgrades will improve the  more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 12 -- Gov. Henry McMaster, R-South Carolina, posted the following news on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * $16 million investment will create 32 new jobs * * * LaserForm & Machine, Inc. (LaserForm & Machine), a metal fabrication and machine shop, today announced it is expanding its operations in Kershaw County. The company's $16 million investment will create 32 new jobs. Founded in 1994, LaserForm & Machine produces low- and high-volume quantities to meet customers' nee more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 12 -- Gov. Henry McMaster, R-South Carolina, posted the following news on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * Approximately $50 million investment will create 172 new jobs * * * Meyn America, LLC (Meyn America), a leader in poultry processing solutions, today announced it is growing its South Carolina footprint with an expansion in Oconee County. The company's approximately $50 million investment will create 172 new jobs. A subsidiary of Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V., more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 12 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Dec. 11, 2024: Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined 23 other states in urging the U.S. Senate to swiftly confirm President Trump's nominee, Kash Patel, as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). "Kash Patel is the right leader at the right time for the FBI," said Attorney General Wilson. "His experience, integrity, and unwavering commitment to justice make him the  more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 12 -- Gov. Henry McMaster, R-South Carolina, issued the following news on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * Gov. McMaster's First Initiative as Republican Governor's Association Policy Chair * * * Governor Henry McMaster, in his first official action as policy chair of the Republican Governors Association, today led 25 other fellow Republican governors in issuing a joint statement in support of President Trump's commitment to make America safe again by addressing the illega more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Following a meeting with President Trump's nominee to serve as U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), member of the Senate Finance Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, issued the following statement: "It was great catching up with my fellow South Carolinian Scott Bessent. Scott's experience and success as an entrepreneur make him the perfect fit  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * Ranking Member Scott also slammed the committee's dysfunction and lack of transparency after Chairman Brown's last-minute postponement of a markup vote on President Biden's partisan nominees. * * * After Chairman Brown's last-minute postponement of today's U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Ur more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today at a hearing led by committee Democrats on President Donald Trump's promise of mass deportations of illegal immigrants, condemned the Biden Administration's failure to secure our southern border - referring to it as mass illegal im more PR

VIENNA, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts issued the following news release: * * * New Wolf Trap Affiliate Will Work with Local School Districts to Bring Arts-Based Learning to Early Childhood Classrooms Throughout South Carolina's Lowcountry * * * Charleston, SC and Vienna, VA (Dec. 11, 2024) - Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and Spoleto Festival USA have partnered to bring Wolf Trap's customizable arts-based teaching and learning programs t more PR