DAVENPORT, IOWA (November 7, 2019) — The Vera French Foundation hosted its annual Gala on Saturday, October 26th at The Outing Club in Davenport, Iowa. The event celebrated the organization’s 70th anniversary. Since 1949, Vera French Community Mental Health Center (previously the Scott County Mental Health Center before being renamed after Dr Vera French in 1982) has been providing community mental health services.

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 7, 2019) — Iowa Department of Corrections and Iowa Workforce Development will host the Employer and Reentry Breakfast Roundtable at the North Central Correctional Facility in Rockwell City, Iowa, on December 12. Governor Kim Reynolds, who will be kicking-off the event, encourages employers, recruiters and human-resource managers to attend the Employer and Reentry Breakfast Roundtable and to learn about the opportunities available with hiring returning citizens.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 7, 2019) — Monmouth College art professor Janis Wunderlich picked up the pieces — literally and figuratively — and the result was her first-ever ceramics work judged Best of Show.

WASHINGTON DC (November 6, 2019) — Prepared Floor Remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley, Chairman, Senate Finance Committee:

I’m here to share a secret with the American people.

It’s about prescription-drug pricing. 

It’s no secret that, as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, one of my biggest priorities is to rein in the soaring costs of prescription medicine.