text:  making a play for a state that has not supported a Republican for president in 20 years. Greg Clugston, Atlanta. One measure of inflation closely watched by the Fed shows upward pressure on prices continues to ease following three-plus years of ruinous inflation. Measured from a year earlier, prices up 2.6 percent, and that was slightly less than in April. Wall Street stock features higher. More on these stories at townhall.com.