MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 2, 2024) — Junior Achievement of the Heartland will host a ribbon-cutting to celebrate their new JA Inspiration Center on Tuesday, October 15, 12:05PM. The new facility is located at 6600 44th Avenue, Suite 3, Moline, Illinois. The actual ribbon-cutting will take place at 12:05PM. Students from Franklin and Grant Elementary Schools in Muscatine, Iowa, will be at JA BizTown on this day.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 2, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds was recently named a 2024 Public Official of the Year by Governing Magazine.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 1, 2024) — The Iowa Business Council (IBC) has released its third-quarter Economic Outlook Survey (EOS) for 2024. The report measures IBC member expectations for sales, capital spending and employment for the next six months. If the index measures above fifty, sentiment is positive. The survey's overall economic outlook index is 56.67, an increase of 1.41 points from the previous quarter, but down by more than three points from the historical average of 60.38.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 1, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is co-leading a nineteen-state coalition in a letter to ActBlue, one of the nation’s largest political campaign fundraising platforms, demanding proof of its donation-verification systems amid concerns of illegal donating.