DES MOINES, IOWA (September 25, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds signed a proclamation declaring Saturday, September 28, 2019, as Carson King Day in the state of Iowa. 

 

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 25, 2019) — To say that human beings have an affinity for drama is an understatement. The human experience is layered in drama, and QCSO will hone in on the individual experiences during each of this season’s Masterworks performances, beginning first with the power of a Statement on October 5 and 6.

MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (September 24, 2019) — Timber Lake Playhouse, the premier professional summer-theatre of northwest Illinois, will dedicate the new lobby construction with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Saturday, September 28, at 4PM.

WASHINGTON DC (September 25, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA) and Sens Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the Whistleblower Programs Improvement Act (WPIA) to extend whistleblower-protections to more individuals who report wrong-doing and violations of securities and commo

WASHINGTON DC (September 24, 2019) — Representative Dave Loebsack announced today that his office is now accepting applications for nomination to the US Service Academies. Each year, Rep Loebsack may nominate up to ten Iowans for each of our nation’s four military-service academies, with the final selection for admission made by the individual Academy. Applications are due to Rep Loebsack’s office no later than October 31, 2019.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK (September 25, 2019) — Mayor Bob Gallagher of Bettendorf, Iowa, is representing the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative for a series of meetings during in New York during UN Climate Week, including speaking at the Sustainable Innovation Forum in New York September 25.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (September 24, 2019) — Overtime Diesel, a light- and medium-duty truck-maintenance, repair, and parts-manufacturing business is expanding from its 2017 start-up location in Taylor Ridge, Illinois to the Quad City International Airport's Industrial Airpark in Milan, Illinois.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 24, 2019) — Today, Governor Kim Reynolds has directed the Iowa Department of Administrative Services (DAS) to develop a volunteer policy to help encourage state employees make a difference in their communities through volunteerism. DAS will collaborate with all state-department directors to consider how the policy best functions to benefit employees in all departments.

“Anyone who cares for someone with a developmental disability, as well as for disabled people themselves [lives] every day in fear that their behavior will be misconstrued as suspicious, intoxicated, or hostile by law enforcement.” — Steve Silberman, The New York Times

BETTENDORF, IOWA (September 24, 2019) — The Terracon Foundation announced a $2,500 grant to Living Lands and Waters, a river-cleanup organization that hosts river-cleanups, educational workshops, tree-plantings, invasive-species removal projects, and other key conservation efforts in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee.

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