DES MOINES, IOWA (October 2, 2023) — Iowa Attorney General Bird led a coalition of 24 states in a letter opposing a proposed Biden Administration rule that will illegally mandate social, environmental, and race-based regulations for infrastructure projects and stop development in its tracks.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 2, 2023) — WQPT was honored on Saturday, September 30, 2023, at the Mid-America Emmy Awards, taking home a prestigious Emmy for their locally written and produced historical documentary, Snapshots: Your Dutch Friend.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 27, 2023) — The Iowa-Nebraska NAACP State Area Conference announces that Drake Law Professor Emeritus Russell Lovell, co-chair of the Iowa-Nebraska NAACP and Des Moines Branch NAACP Legal Redress Committees, was presented with the 2023 Rev Louis J Putz CSC Award at the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association (NDAA) luncheon on campus on August 31. Iowa-Nebraska NAACP President Betty Andrews nominated Russ for the Rev Putz Award based on his fifty years o

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (September 26, 2023) — WQPT PBS’ largest children’s event of the year, Imagination Station, is back, and you’re invited to attend. It will be held Saturday, October 14, on the Western Illinois University Quad Cities campus.

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (September 26, 2023) — Hupy and Abraham SC is excited to announce the firm has received second place in the 2023 Best of Quad Cities award for "Best Law Firm." Attorney Cindy Ekstam has additionally been recognized, receiving second place in the "Best Lawyer" category. This is the second year in a row the firm has been recognized with this award.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 22, 2023) — The Boards and Commissions Review Committee will hold its fourth and final meeting in Room 103 of the State Capitol (Old Supreme Court Chamber) on Monday, September 25, 2023, 10AM. 

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 22, 2023) — Our nation’s animal shelters are in crisis due to increased owner surrenders and stray intakes, spiking post-pandemic euthanasia rates across the country.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 21, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced that her husband, First Gentleman Kevin Reynolds, has been diagnosed with lung cancer. She has issued the following statement:

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 19, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds has joined 24 Republican governors in a letter to President Joe Biden demanding information on where illegal immigrants are being relocated and explaining the burden his open border policies are putting on states.

The letter states in part:

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 14, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday, September 15, 2023, in honor and remembrance of Kevin Cram of the Algona Police Department who was shot and killed in the line of duty on September 13, 2023. Cram was attempting to arrest a suspect when he was killed. Cram was a ten-year veteran of Iowa law enforcement, a husband, and a father. He was 33 years old.

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