The Rauner Administration filed a brief in the Fifth Judicial District Appellate Court this afternoon addressing the duplicity of the Attorney General’s appeal in the state employee pay lawsuit.  For over a year, AG Madigan benefitted from the very court order she is now attacking by paying her own staff over $23 million dollars in FY 2017 alone, bringing into question her motives.

West Branch, Iowa— The National Park Service is looking for volunteers to help plant seeds of native flowers that will attract pollinators to the prairie at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site. All ages are welcome. E-mail heho_information@nps.gov or call (319) 643-2541 if you are interested in participating.

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad met with representatives from Iowa One Call (IOC) and Common Ground Iowa (CGI) on Friday, April 7, 2017 at the State Capitol and officially signed the "April Is National Safe Digging Month" proclamation.

WASHINGTON --- The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) recognized the U.S. Coast Guard as a committed partner in diversity by presenting it with the society's Chairman's Award. Rear Adm. Michael Johnston, executive director, Deputy Commandant for Mission Support, received the award on behalf of the service at the NSBE's 43rd Annual Convention March 30 in Kansas City, MO.