DAVENPORT, IA (Janary 23, 2019) —The German American Heritage Center & Museum will be closed today, January 23, due to inclement weather. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope that you stay safe and warm today.

DES MOINES (January 23, 2019) — According to new data released by The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) and The Iowa Motor Carriers Foundation (IMCF), the Iowa trucking industry pays over $4.3 billion in wages to employees each year. With 98,540 trucking jobs in Iowa, that amounts to an average annual salary of almost $44,000 per each individual working in the industry. One in every 13 jobs in Iowa are in the trucking industry.

DES MOINES, IA (January 23, 2019) — The Iowa attorney general alleges that a Florida man associated with a telemarketing company has again run afoul of Iowa’s Consumer Fraud Act, seven years after being banned from soliciting Iowans.

In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, please join us for a one-person stage play adapted and performed by Al Staggs entitled:

A View from the Underside: The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

**Sunday, January 27, 2019 2:00 pm at the Tri-City Jewish Center, 2715 30th Street, Rock Island, IL

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

WASHINGTON DC (January 22, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today announced a hearing titled “Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part I”, scheduled to convene at 10:15AM ET on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at 215 Dirksen, Senate Office Building. The hearing will be the first in a series of hearings scrutinizing prescription drug pricing and considering policy and oversight solutions to lower costs for American patients.

SPRINGFIELD, IL (January 22, 2019) — State Representative Tony McCombie (R-71st) announced she is joining 43 of her House Republican colleagues by co-sponsoring HJRCA 10. Implementation of this constitutional amendment will take the shady redistricting process out of the control of corrupt politicians.

DES MOINES, IA (January 22, 2019) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces the hiring of Heidi Burhans as Iowa’s Administrator of Elections. Burhans will serve as a key liaison with all 99 county auditors and the Iowa Legislature. She is currently the Madison County Auditor.

Biomarkers 101

DAVENPORT, IA (January 22, 2019) — February 2019: Gilda’s Club is hosting a FREE workshop for anyone impacted by cancer titled “Biomarkers 101” on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, from 6PM — 8PM at Gilda’s Club (1234 East River Drive, Davenport, IA).

Des Moines, Iowa (January 22, 2019) — Survey results released today by the Iowa Environmental Council show that more than 74% of energy-efficiency employers in Iowa expect the severe cuts to utility-efficiency programs adopted by the legislature in the 2018 Legislative Session to hurt their business. More than half expect the cuts to result in layoffs over the next six to 12 months.

January 22, 2018 (Des Moines, IA) – Today, the Polk County District Court ruled that Iowa’s 6- week abortion ban violates the Iowa’s state constitution and issued a permanent injunction.

As the district court ruled, the statute would have banned abortion well before viability. Indeed, the statute would have banned abortion at a stage in pregnancy before many women even know they are pregnant.

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