DAYTON, OHIO (January 29, 2019) — Bettendorf resident John Walsh was among the nearly 340 undergraduates who received degrees from the University of Dayton during the fall 2018 commencement ceremony December 15.

MOUNT VERNON, IOWA (01/29/2019) — Cornell College named 284 students to its Dean's List for the fall 2018 semester, including:

Hannah Harms of Eldridge, IA (52748) with Honors.

Emma Hartman of Bettendorf, IA (52722) with Highest Honors.

Jasmine Velasco of Muscatine, IA (52761) with High Honors.

Payton Wellbaum of Le Claire, IA (52753) with High Honors.

The longest partial "government shutdown" in US history ended on January 25. To get Leviathan's gears turning at full speed again, President Donald Trump said uncle on funding for his pet border wall project in return for a three-week "return to normalcy."

More interesting than the (quite possibly temporary) end of the "shutdown" is the direction things were taking right before the wall funding came tumbling down.

JOHNSTON, Iowa (January 29, 2019) -  Iowa Public Television announced today it will once again host the Terrace Hill Piano Competition. The 2019 competition will be held on Saturday, February 9 at the IPTV studios in Johnston.

MADISON, WISCONSIN (January 29, 2019) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison has recognized students named to the Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2018-2019 academic year.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (January 29, 2019) — The deadline for submitting nominations for the Quad City Engineering and Science Council (QCESC) 2019 STEM Professionals Awards is February 4. These awards recognize exceptional scientists, engineers, mathematicians, technologists and educators in our Quad Cities and surrounding regions.

WASHINGTON DC (January 29, 2019) — Prepared Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa at the National Federation of the Blind Washington Seminar on the Marrakesh Treaty and the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act

EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS (January 29, 2019) — The following acts are scheduled at The Rust Belt from now until late February 2019:

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MOLINE, ILLINOIS (January 29, 2019) — The Lee McAllister Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 2011 by his family. This scholarship honors his desire to help young people pursue education and become productive members of their community.

NOTE: Below are prepared remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley on returning as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee followed by his prepared statement for the hearing on Drug Pricing in America.

Before we begin, I wanted to say a few words about returning as chairman.

Twelve years ago, when I last sat in this chair, we got a lot done. Nearly all of it was bipartisan.

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