DES MOINES, IOWA (April 15, 2019) — Iowans will gather to pay tribute to those Iowans who lost their lives in 2018 while on the job at the annual Workers’ Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, April 29, at 11AM. The ceremony will be held at the State Capitol, West Terrace lawn. In case of inclement-weather, the ceremony will be held in the Wallace Building Auditorium 502 E 9th Street. in Des Moines.

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 15, 2019) — The Iowa Finance Authority today announced a new down-payment assistance-program for first-time and repeat home-buyers. The program offers a 0% loan for up to five-percent of the sale-price, or $5,000, whichever is less and repayable upon refinance or sale of the home.

WASHINGTON DC (April 15, 2019) — American innovation is second to none. Our creativity and forward-facing approach to everything from health-care to telecom to artificial-intelligence has made and kept us a world leader. It didn’t happen by accident. It’s been achieved through American ingenuity and, in part, taxpayer-funded research happening every day in universities, labs, and hospitals around the country.

WASHINGTON DC (April 15, 2019) — Senators Charles "Chuck" Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa joined Sen Mike Enzi of Wyoming and a bipartisan group of colleagues in introducing legislation to prevent thousands of people from losing their health-care coverage after a federal judge struck down the Department of Labor’s Association Health Plans rule.