BURLINGTON, IOWA (June 25, 2019) — The Burlington Bees scored eight runs in the bottom of the first inning to run away with a 9-0 victory over the Quad Cities River Bandits in a rain-shortened game on Tuesday night at Community Field. River Bandits starting-pitcher Matt Ruppenthal was chased from the game after facing seven batters without recording an out. 

“She was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80 percent could be moved in either direction.” — Kurt Vonnegut

MADISON, WISCONSIN (June 25, 2019) — Mcclain Steffens of DeWitt graduated Cum Laude from Edgewood College on May 19, 2019. Steffens earned a Bachelor of Science inComputer Information Systems degree.

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WASHINGTON DC (June 25, 2019) — Business Travel Coalition (BTC) today applauded the Trump Administration for safeguarding the long-standing and pioneering United States (US) Open Skies aviation policy and the associated consumer competitive choice that Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and United Airlines (Big Three) sought to eliminate in their mega-million dollar political campaign to crush new entry to the US by Emirates Airline, Qatar Airways, and Etihad Airways (Gulf C

BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA (June 25, 2019) — Geneva College announces the Dean's List of undergraduate students for the spring 2019 semester. To be eligible for this recognition, students in traditional programs must earn a GPA of at least 3.6 while passing 12 credit hours or more. Sarah Todd, Accounting major from Columbus Junction, Iowa, was named to Geneva College's Dean's List for the spring 2019 semester.

WASHINGTON DC (June 25, 2019) — House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry Chairwoman Abigail Spanberger of Virginia delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee hearing on “Managing for Soil Health: Securing the Conservation and Economic Benefits of Healthy Soils.”

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WASHINGTON – Today, the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Secretary-Treasurer Ian Cunningham testified before the US House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry about the importance of soil-health practices.

Cunningham owns and operates a fifth-generation family farm with his son in southwest Minnesota, producing corn, soybeans and beef cattle.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 25, 2019) — Gilda’s Club is hosting a FREE workshop Genetics and Cancer on Tuesday, July 16, 11:30AM–12:30PM, at Gilda’s Club (1234 East River Drive, Davenport, Iowa).

WASHINGTON DC (June 25, 2019) — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Long-Term Budget Outlook Tuesday, which warns that today’s high levels of debt are on course to nearly double as a share of the economy over the next 30 years, from 78 percent of GDP today to 144 percent by 2049 under current law. Debt would rise to 219 percent of GDP by 2049 if various expiring policies are continued.

WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS (June 25, 2019) — Local students graduated from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, in May 2019. MSU Texas awarded degrees to 734 undergraduate and graduate students. Honor graduates receiving bachelor degrees included 43 summa cum laude, 85 magna cum laude, and 98 cum laude. Honor requirements are a grade point average of 3.9-4.0 for summa cum laude, 3.7-3.89 for magna cum laude, and 3.5-3.69 for cum laude.

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