DECATUR, ILLINOIS (February 13, 2019) — Millikin University is pleased to announce the names of the outstanding undergraduates who have been named to the Dean's List for the fall 2018 semester.

Students who attempt 12 graded credits during a fall or spring semester and earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher earn Dean's List honors. Students earning a perfect 4.00 grade point average on 12 graded credits attempted earn High Dean's List honors.

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 13, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds released the following statement after the Iowa Senate voted to advance preK-12 education funding:

WASHINGTON DC (February 13, 2019) — US Sens Chuck Grassley, Thom Tillis, John Cornyn, and Ben Sasse, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced legislation requiring disclosure of third-party litigation financing agreements in civil lawsuits. Through such agreements, hedge-funds and other commercial lenders finance the cost of civil litigation in return for a portion of any recovery.

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 4, 2019) — As of February 1, 2019, SafeNetRx-Pharmacy and National Foundation for Transplants (NFT) have partnered together to bring affordable medication to Iowa transplant patients.

NFT assists families with financial hardships by providing grants for transplant-related expenses, and now their patients will also have access to either free or at-cost prescription medication through SafeNetRxPharmacy.

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 13, 2019) — Today, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump announced that Governor Kim Reynolds has been appointed to the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 13, 2019) — City of Davenport will observe Presidents’ Day as a holiday on Monday, February 18, 2019.

All City of Davenport offices & the Public Works Center will be closed.

Police Department front desk and records office will be closed.

Library Main, Fairmount and Eastern branches will be closed.

River’s Edge facility will be open.

Vander Veer Conservatory will be closed.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA (February 13, 2019) — Denouncing excessive, costly government security protocols lacking in common sense and intended to chill First-Amendment activity, attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have filed a Fourth-Amendment lawsuit against government officials who allowed a disabled war veteran to carry two firearms through a security checkpoint only to arrest him for lawfully purchasing canned iced tea, bug spray, lightbulbs, and razor blades, which were banned as par

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (February 13, 2019) — Strengthened by unprecedented political support, Illinois House legislators are uniting in a new Progressive Caucus to provide a better direction for the state.  

STORM LAKE, IOWA (February 13, 2019) — Buena Vista University (BVU) has announced that Steve Wozniak, who designed Apple's first line of products, will be the 23rd William W Siebens American Heritage Lecture laureate on Friday, October 4.

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