CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (March 7, 2019) — The following statement was released by SEIU Healthcare Illinois President Greg Kelley regarding the fair tax plan of Gov JB Pritzker:

“For too long, low-wage and middle-class working families have carried the burden of funding the essential services of our state through our tax dollars while the wealthy escaped their responsibility to pay their fair share.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 7, 2019) — Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation affiliated with Firehouse Subs restaurants has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Davenport Fire Department (DFD) for three new thermal-imaging cameras.

Davenport Fire Assistant Chief Robb Macdougall says the new cameras, the Bullard XT, have the ability to identify the hottest area that the camera is directed towards.

WASHINGTON DC (March 7, 2019) — Former Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley joined Senator Mike Lee in reintroducing the Inspector General Access Act of 2019 to expand the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General to include alleged DOJ attorney misconduct. The bill is also cosponsored by Sens Lisa Murkowski, Marsha Blackburn, and Marco Rubio.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 7, 20190 — Today, Chairwoman Cheri Bustos announced the DCCC is launching March Forward — an aggressive, multi-million dollar effort to defend and expand the new Democratic Majority.

March Forward begins with the hiring of nearly 60 grassroots organizers in dozens of communities across America, including Des Moines and Cedar Rapids.