DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 18, 2019) — New to the area or just looking to make new mom friends? Come to the Eastern Avenue Library Saturday, May 11, 2–4PM, and meet some other moms. Bring your mom (or don't!) and meet new mom friends. We'll have crafts and activities, as well as questions to help get the conversations started.

These events are FREE and open to the public.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 18, 2019) — Davenport Public Library will host three free seminars by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) for the friends and families of those who live with mental-health conditions. The seminars will be led by Vicki Walters, a trained professional with first-hand experience supporting a loved-one with a mental-health condition.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (April 18, 2019) — The "Excellence in the Liberal Arts Award" has been generously gifted by Professor Dan Lee of the Religion Department, and his wife, Ruth Lee. The purpose of this award is to reward excellence in the liberal arts, including student academic-achievement, amount of scholarly work done in the liberal-arts including the humanities, achievement in co-curricular programs, and leadership and service both on and off-campus.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (April 18, 2019) — Historian Michael Luick-Thrams will present “Banality of Virtue: Midwestern Responses to the Holocaust” on Sunday, April 28, at 7PM in Jackaline Baldwin Dunlap Technology Center’s Hadley Auditorium on the University of Dubuque campus.

The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

The presentation is sponsored by the University of Dubuque, Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Children of Abraham, and Temple Beth El.

WASHINGTON DC (April 18, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa will speak about his work as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee on prescription-drug pricing and the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019 on Thursday, April 25, at the 2019 Global Insurance Symposium at the Community Choice Credit Union C

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 18, 2019) — Legislation currently being considered by the Iowa Legislature would hinder the ability of local elected-officials to make budget decisions to fund the programs and services their constituents depend on and desire. House File 773 would place an arbitrary 2% annual-growth limitation on property-tax revenue that a county or city could collect.

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 17, 2019) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate honored three state-agencies Wednesday for their assistance with improving Iowa’s election cybersecurity and voter-registration process. Sec Pate gave National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) Medallion Awards to the leaders of the Iowa National Guard, the Iowa Department of Transportation, and the Iowa Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO).

Moline, IL (April 20, 2019) — West Music Quad Cities, in partnership with D’Addario, will host a free guitar-re-string event to benefit the River Music Experience on Saturday, April 20, 2019. With a suggested donation of $5, the guitar and repair expert’s at West Music Quad Cities will professionally re-string any 6-string acoustic or electric guitar with a free new set of D’Addario NYXL or Nickle Bronze strings. Limited to one guitar with standard-gauges and configurations per customer.

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 17, 2019) — Today, Governor Kim Reynolds signed HF650 into law, which protects job-creators that hire individuals with past criminal-offenses.

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