DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 13, 2020) — Due to interest in QC Life in The New Normal Writing Project, we’ve added another round of entries — June 30 is the deadline for Phase Two. You may submit pieces even if you’ve already participated in Phase One.

As before, send us your diary entries, essays, or poems to tell us what it's like in your home and your hometown.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (May 13, 2020) — For the first time in its 168-year history, University of Dubuque will hold virtual commencement ceremonies to celebrate the accomplishments of over 350 graduates.

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (May 13, 2020) — Fawn Schultz of Geneseo, Illinois, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Schultz was initiated at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

WASHINGTON DC (May 13, 2020) — Representative Dave Loebsack today joined US House Majority Whip James E Clyburn and members of The House Rural Broadband Task Force to celebrate its one-year anniversary by highlighting their major accomplishments over the past year. The Task Force has been successful in highlighting the lack of internet access in rural America and in coming up with solutions to provide affordable high-speech internet access.

PEORIA, ILLINOIS (May 13, 2020) — Beginning with students applying for fall 2021 enrollment at Bradley University, undergraduate applicants will no longer be required to submit standardized test scores, ACT or SAT, for admission. This decision is a result of a year-long study spent evaluating the accuracy of standardized-test scores in predicting success at Bradley. 

DES MOINES, IOWA (May 13, 2020) — Today, Governor Kim Reynolds signed a new proclamation continuing the Public Health Disaster Emergency. The proclamation permits salons, barbershops, and massage and tattoo establishments to reopen throughout Iowa in a limited fashion with appropriate public-health measures in place. It also permits restaurants (but not bars), fitness centers, libraries, and race tracks to reopen in the 22 counties where they have remained closed.

On two days in May fifty years ago, American police and National Guard troops fired their weapons into crowds of anti-Vietnam War protesters, killing six American students at two American state universities. On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guard troops fatally wounded Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer, and William Schroeder at Kent State University.

FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA (May 12, 2020) — Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning issued Tuesday the following statement blasting Judge Emmet Sullivan’s decision to consider amicus filings in deciding whether to allow the Michael Flynn case to be dismissed:

LENEXA, KANSAS (May 12, 2020) —  The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its

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