24 Oct 2019

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley on Repealing the SALT Tax

By Grassley Press

 

WASHINGTON DC (October 23, 2019) — Prepared floor remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley, Chairman, Senate Finance Committee:

 

This week, Democrats are using the Congressional Review Act to force a vote on a resolution that would effectively repeal an IRS regulation aimed at preventing millionaires and billionaires from exploiting a tax loophole.

24 Oct 2019

Gov Kim Reynolds, Lt Gov Adam Gregg Release Public Schedule Update

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 23, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg on Wednesday released a public schedule update for events during the week of Monday, October 21–Sunday, October 27, 2019. 

The following event has been added and is open to credentialed members of the media:

 

Thursday, October 24

Gov Reynolds attends American Cancer Society Policy Reception

625 East Court Avenue

Des Moines, IA

6:45PM

23 Oct 2019

Allison Au, Award-Winning Jazz Saxophonist, Brings Quartet to QCA

By Margot Day

 

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 23, 2019) — Born to a Chinese father and Jewish mother, and raised in the multicultural metropolis of Toronto, saxophonist Allison Au found music as a young child. Her work is a concoction steeped in the tradition of jazz but skillfully laced with elements of classical, pop, R&B/hip hop, Latin, and world music.

23 Oct 2019

Final Rule Amends the National List for Organic Crops and Handling

By USDA Agricultural Marketing Service

WASHINGTON DC (October 23, 2019) — The US Department of Agriculture today published a final rule in the Federal Register to amend the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List) based on public input and the April 2018 recommendations from the National Organic Standards Board.

This final rule:

23 Oct 2019

Gov Kim Reynolds Orders Flags at Half-Staff in Honor of Iowa’s First Female Lt Gov Jo Ann Zimmerman

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 23, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise on Thursday, October 24, to sunset on Friday, October 25, in honor and remembrance of Jo Ann Zimmerman, Iowa’s first female lieutenant governor elected in 1986.

23 Oct 2019

IPTV Presents Conversation w Sen Kamala Harris October 31 at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC)

By Susan Ramsey

JOHNSTON, IOWA (October 23, 2019) — IPTV Presents Conversations with Presidential Candidates Hosted by DMACC continues Thursday, October 31 at 3:30PM at the Building 6 auditorium at DMACC's Ankeny campus with guest Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA).

23 Oct 2019

Policymakers Should Reject Efforts to Weaken SALT Cap

By Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

WASHINGTON DC (October 23, 2019) — The Senate is voting this afternoon to reopen state workarounds on the limits on the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction by disapproving of IRS regulations that prevent relabeling state tax payments as charitable contributions to make them fully deductible. This step would significantly weaken the cap on the SALT deduction.

23 Oct 2019

Gov Kim Reynolds Highlighted National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

By Grassley Press

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 23, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds highlighted the upcoming National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at the West Des Moines Police Department’s drug take-back site. Prescription Drug Take Back Day — which will be officially recognized on Saturday, October 26 this year — is a partnership across several state agencies, local law enforcement, businesses, and community organizations. 

23 Oct 2019

Scientists Test the Best Feeder-Cleaning Method

By The Birding Wire

 

23 Oct 2019

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller Supports Framework for $48 Billion Opioid Settlement

By Lynn Hicks

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 23, 2019) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller supports a $48 billion settlement framework with two drug makers and three distributors over their role in the opioid epidemic.

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