DES MOINES, IOWA (October 2, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has brought suit against the Biden-Harris Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) over a new rule that restricts how much money jails and prisons can charge inmates for phone calls, depriving the facilities of funding and resources that they depend on to reduce risks and solve crimes. The States make the case that the rule will jeopardize public safety and place a heavy burden on Iowa taxpayers.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 2, 2024) — A pair of faculty members who were recently promoted to full professor shared Monmouth College's Hatch Award for Scholarship and Creative Work this year.

Classics professor Bob Simmons (left) and English professor David Wright (center) were the honorees.

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.