Des Moines, January 6, 2017— On Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at 10 a.m. in the House Chambers, Chief Justice Mark Cady of the Iowa Supreme Court will address a joint convention of the General Assembly on the State of the Judiciary.

Bill to restore congressional scrutiny of expensive regulations reintroduced

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), along with Senators Todd Young (R-IN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and 23 other cosponsors, reintroduced the “Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny” (REINS) Act as one of the first bills filed in the 115th Congress (S. 21).

Support grows for legislation in the new Congress

Comedian, Juggler to Entertain Families at the CDPAC

Truly Remarkable Loon and his “Merry Anticipation of Disaster”, sponsored by Window World

DeWitt, IA – January 5, 2017

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Jan. 5, 2017) - Lincoln University of Missouri is pleased to release the names of students who qualified for the Fall 2016 Dean's List.

Among the recipients is  Jasmine Jamila Young of Moline.

In order to qualify for the Dean's List a student must acquire at least a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, with a minimum of 12 credit hours in qualifying course work.

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On Friday, January 6, 2017 at 9:00, the Scott County Sheriff’s Office held a Swearing-In Ceremony at the Sheriff’s Office on second floor of the Scott County Courthouse in the Sheriff’s administration conference room. Due to a deputy sheriff vacancy, Eric George has been hired as the newest deputy sheriff of Scott County.

The Davenport City Council will hold a Special City Council Meeting on Tuesday, January 10th at 4:00 pm. The agenda is available at the following link:

COLUMBIA, Mo. (Jan. 5, 2017) - Maria L. Howard from Bettendorf was named to the Columbia College dean's list for the Fall Semester (August-December 2016):

To be named to the dean's list, a student must have completed 12 semester hours in a 16-week period and achieved a minimum GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0-point scale.

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is pressing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for answers on whether it sought to recoup tax dollars overpaid for EpiPens from drug maker Mylan and added a new request, for two additional drugs reportedly misclassified under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, Dilaudid and Prilosec.

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