WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (June 21, 2023) — The Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA), recently introduced in Congress, would significantly alter a credit-card payment system that currently works for all parties involved, while raising costs and threatening data security for Iowa consumers.

ADELPHI, MARYLAND (June 20, 2023) — University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) graduated nearly 3,400 students in the 2023 spring semester. Students from all fifty states, four US territories, and 22 countries earned UMGC degrees.

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 20, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds will depart for a two-week long trade mission to Italy, Kosovo, and Israel aimed at expanding trade, developing business-growth opportunities, and renewing Sister State Agreements.

She will be joined by First Gentleman Kevin Reynolds, Iowa Economic Development Authority Director Debi Durham, and Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Stephen Osborn. The mission concludes on Saturday, July 1.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 20, 2023) — The annual bi-state Red, White and Boom in downtown Davenport and Rock Island returns this year on July 3, 2022. Family-friendly activities will take place that evening in Davenport and Rock Island. At 9:30PM, fireworks will be shot, in sync to music broadcast on 97X, from two barges in the middle of the Mississippi River.