DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 18, 2019) — League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council 10 and LULAC Youth Council 600 will honor Quad-Cities men and women who have served in the military or served the community as first-responders. This is held during the Closing Ceremony of National Hispanic Heritage Month annual wreath-laying for each military branch and first-responders on the Mississippi River.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 18, 2019) — Today, Governor Kim Reynolds and other members of President Trump’s American Workforce Advisory Board laid out key recommendations to help Americans find multiple pathways to a rewarding career. The board proposed a private-sector-led marketing campaign, digital-resume workshops, and a more-integrated sharing of workforce-related data between the state and federal government. 

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 18, 2019) — Iowa Workforce Development officials announced that the unemployment tax-rate table will remain unchanged for 2020. Tax-rates will be the second lowest allowed by law.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (September 18, 2019) — A free screening of Chasing Coral will be shown at 7PM on Thursday, September 26, in Hadley Auditorium, Jackaline Baldwin Dunlap Technology Center on the University of Dubuque campus. Doors open at 6:30PM.

The screening is open to the public. It is sponsored by the UD Web of Life student group, which aims to help raise awareness of environmental problems and solutions.

WASHINGTON DC (September 18, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley sent a letter to Secretary of Labor nominee Eugene Scalia seeking assurance that if confirmed, he will enforce whistleblower protections to the fullest extent of the law.

 

WASHINGTON DC (September 17, 2019) — Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today administered the oath of office to swear in Donald “DJ” LaVoy to serve as the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development Deputy Under-Secretary.

 

IOWA CITY, IA (September 17, 2019) — The University of Iowa recently welcomed the most academically-accomplished class in its 172-year history.

 

IOWA CITY, IOWA (September 17, 2019) — 260 current University of Iowa students are members of the 2019 Hawkeye Marching Band, one of the "top ten college marching bands in the nation," according to CNN Headline News and one of the Big Ten Conference's marching bands whose halftime show is "worth the watch," according to Sports Illustrated.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (September 18, 2019) — Swedish author Ola Larsmo will be at Augustana College on Saturday, October 12 at 7PM to deliver the Swenson Center's annual O Fritiof Ander Lecture in Immigration History and sign copies of his new novel, Swede Hollow — an award-winning and best-selling epic family history that grittily depicts the darker side of Swedish immigrant li

WASHINGTON DC (September 17, 2019) — In April, 2020 presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) unveiled a plan for “universal free public college and cancellation of student loan debt.” The plan would eliminate tuition at public two-year and four-year colleges, expand and increase Pell

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