06 Mar 2020

Augustana Students Sign Intent to Meet the Need for Big Data Analysis

By Kirby Stockwell

 

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 5/2020) — For an undergrad, declaring your major in college is a milestone event. For the first time ever, 10 Augustana students have officially declared majors in data analytics, along with 40 students declaring minors.

06 Mar 2020

Putnam Celebrates 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage with New Exhibit "Liberated Voices/Changed Lives: Quad-Cities Women’s Suffrage"

By Kevin Smith

 

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 5, 2020) — The Putnam’s newest exhibit will uplift the legacy of local organizers in the women’s suffrage movement, and highlight the innovations of the early 20th century that paved the way for change.

Starting Saturday, March 7, the exhibit “Liberated Voices/Changed Lives” will open at the Putnam Museum.

06 Mar 2020

USDA Improving Services to Provide More SNAP Participants the Dignity of Work

By USDA Office of Communications

WASHINGTON DC (March 5, 2020) — In light of President Trump’s historic economic expansion — with a 3.6% unemployment rate and 6.4 million job openings across the nation — Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a 

05 Mar 2020

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley, Missouri River Basin State Colleagues Introduce Bill to Overhaul Management of Missouri River System Water Projects

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (March 5, 2020) ­— Senator Charles "Chuck Grassley" (R-IA) joined Sen Roy Blunt (R-MO) today to introduce new legislation to overhaul the US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) process for managing water resource projects along the lower Missouri River system.

05 Mar 2020

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate Urges Voters to Respond Quickly to Change of Address Notices

By Kris Aleksander

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 5, 2020) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces the annual National Change of Address process to update and maintain Iowa's voter registration records is underway. Beginning this week, voters who have filed a change of address with the US Postal Service will receive a card in the mail from the Secretary of State’s Office saying the USPS indicates they have moved.

05 Mar 2020

Federal Courts Rule That Individuals Shot by Police but Not Immediately Arrested May Not Sue Police for Wrongdoing Under the Fourth Amendment

By The Rutherford Institute

WASHINGTON DC (March 5, 2020) — In a case before the US Supreme Court that could determine how far the courts may go in shielding police from being held accountable for wrongdoing, The Rutherford Institute is challenging a lower court ruling that prevents victims of police shootings for suing police for violations of their civil rights 

05 Mar 2020

Bix Beiderbecke Museum Acquires Don Murray’s Saxophone

By Nathaniel Kraft

 

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 5, 2020) — The Bix Beiderbecke Museum and World Archives is pleased to announce the acquisition of a new artifact.

One of the saxophones owned by jazz musician and best friend of Bix Beiderbecke, Don Murray, has been donated to the Bix Museum.

05 Mar 2020

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley: Prescription Drug Prices are Increasing Faster Than Inflation

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (March 5, 2020) — Prepared Floor Remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley, Chairman, Senate Finance Committee:

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A new study showed that from 2007 to 2018, prices for hundreds of drugs rose many times faster than the rate of inflation.

05 Mar 2020

Local Students Named to Illinois Wesleyan University's Fall 2019 Dean's List

By John Twork

BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS (March 5, 2020) — Illinois Wesleyan University's Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2019-20 academic year consisted of 667 students from 27 states and 15 countries. The following local students made the list:

Adam Cady, of Rock Island, Illinois, a senior majoring in English — Literature.

Heather Dietrich, of Geneseo, Illinois, a sophomore majoring in Nursing.

05 Mar 2020

What's Happening at The German-American Heritage Center (GAHC)?

By German-American Heritage Center

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 5, 2020) —

Painting for a Purpose, Sunday, March 8 @ 12PM

Join instructor Beth Peters on Sunday, March 8, at 12PM for this painting workshop. Create a beautiful 11x14 painting designed to be easy and fun. No artistic experience is needed.

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