Gov Kim Reynolds with NFIB small-business owners on Tuesday during NFIB's annual Tax Luncheon

DES MOINES, FEBRUARY 24, 2022 — Matt Everson, State Director of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), has released this statement in response to the Iowa Senate and House, in passing important legislation that would significantly lower income tax rates for small-business owners.

LORETTO, PENNSYLVANIA (February 24, 2022) — Charles Pelsang, a Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering major from Blue Grass, Iowa, was named to the Dean's at Saint Francis University. Pelsang was among the nearly 850 students who earned a spot on one of the honors lists, (President's and Dean's) for the Fall 2021 semester.

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 24, 2022) — Governor Kim Reynolds has received notification that President Biden has granted her request for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for 25 counties that were severely impacted by December 15, 2021, high winds, severe storms, and tornadoes. The declaration provides assistance to public entities and select nonprofit organizations.

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 24, 2022) — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is focusing on unprecedented increases in fertilizer prices affecting farmers.

Since January 2021, anhydrous ammonia has increased 315%. Urea has increased by 214%, liquid nitrogen by 290%, monoammonium phosphate (MAP) by 171%, and potash by 213%, according to the most recent data supplied by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Services.