18 May 2020

Read or Not, The Lockdown Season is Coming to an End

By Thomas L Knapp

On May 15, city officials declared Atwater, California, a "sanctuary city." Not for undocumented immigrants, but for businesses and churches who choose to ignore Governor Gavin Newsom's COVID-19-related shutdown orders. The city won't be enforcing the governor's edicts. Those edicts, Mayor Paul Creighton told local businesses, are "between you and the state of California."

15 May 2020

COVID Response: How Much Money Has Been Made Available So Far?

By Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

WASHINGTON DC (May 15, 2020) — The fiscal and monetary policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic crisis has been both swift and substantial. We have been tracking these support measures — in the form of spending, tax breaks, loans, and other actions — as part of our COVID Money Tracker initiative.

15 May 2020

Seventy-Six DePauw Student-Athletes Earn Chi Alpha Sigma Induction; Top Ten GPA List Announced

By Mary Dieter

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA (May 15, 2020) — A DePauw-record 76 student-athletes have earned induction into the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society. The following area students are among those who were inducted:

Katherine Douglas of Coal Valley (IL)

Allison Miller of Princeton (IA)

15 May 2020

Rutherford Institute Warns of First-Amendment Lawsuit After Police Threaten $1000 Fines Over Church Drive-In Services

By The Rutherford Institute

MASSENA, NEW YORK (May 15, 2020) — The Rutherford Institute has warned that it will consider filing a First-Amendment lawsuit if police continue to threaten a New York church with prosecution and $1000 fines for holding drive-in worship services that adhere to social-distancing guidelines.

15 May 2020

Davenport Public Library Presents Storytime with Special Guest Amy from Nahant Marsh

By Brittany Peacock

DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 15, 2020) — Did you know that with warmer weather approaching that you may see more turtles? Ms Amy from Nahant Marsh Education Center will be reading “Turtle Crossing” during this special storytime on Thursday, May 21, 4PM, on DPL’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/davenportlibrary/. We are so thankful for her and the rest of the Nahant Marsh staff!

15 May 2020

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley Q&A: National Foster Care Month

By Grassley Press

Q: What’s your message for Iowans during Foster Care Month?

15 May 2020

USDA Extends Flexibilities, Paves the Way for Meals for Kids to Continue through Summer

By USDA Office of Communications

WASHINGTON DC (May 15, 2020) — US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the extension of three nationwide waivers, giving child nutrition-program operators the flexibility they need to continue to feed children while promoting social-distancing and keeping families safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

15 May 2020

Upper Iowa University Distributing CARES Funding to Students

By Karl Easttorp

FAYETTE, IOWA (May 15, 2020) — Recognizing that many of its students could be facing financial setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Upper Iowa University (UIU) is doing everything in its power to provide support and assistance to those students in need.

15 May 2020

USDA SECURE Rule Paves Way for Agricultural Innovation

By USDA Office of Communications

WASHINGTON DC (May 15, 2020) — US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced on Thursday a final rule updating and modernizing the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) biotechnology regulations under the Plant Protection Act.

15 May 2020

Don't Accept COVID-19 as an Excuse for Medical Assault

By Thomas L Knapp

"I fear that many Americans will resist getting vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus," Dr. Lauren S. Grossman writes at Stat. "To put this scourge behind us, I believe that our nation should, for the first time ever, require all Americans — or at least schoolchildren and workers in direct-contact jobs — to be vaccinated against this coronavirus."

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