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.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 17, 2019) — Author and actress Dana Davis is returning to Davenport to celebrate the release of her second YA novel, “The Voice in My Head”. Join us for a discussion with Dana, a North High School alumna, on Thursday, May 30, 6PM, at Fairmount (3000 N Fairmount St) led by the awesome staff of LOVE Girls, a local girls empowerment-organization and magazine. A book-signing will follow the discussion.

Advocacy 101

DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 17, 2019) — Gilda’s Club is hosting a FREE workshop for anyone impacted by cancer titled “Advocacy 101” on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 from 6–8PM at Gilda’s Club (1234 East River Drive, Davenport, IA).

Join Grant Cale from Bristol-Myers Squibb for a workshop about advocacy. Have you always wanted to get involved in law and policy-change, but don’t know how to get started and get involved?

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 17, 2019) — On April 12, 2019, FEMA declared individuals in Pottawattamie and Shelby counties eligible for individual assistance. The FEMA-finding determined that these counties were adversely affected by the event declared a major disaster by the President in his Declaration of March 23, 2019.

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