13 Mar 2020

March 15 Film Series Cancelled

By River Action Inc

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 13, 2020) — River Action, Nahant Marsh Education Center, Sierra Club Eagle View Group, and Joyce and Tony Singh Foundation have canceled the Environmental Film Series for Sunday, March 15, 4PM, at the Figge Art Museum.

Our decision was based on the warnings and strong recommendations that have come out in recent hours regarding COVID-19.

We hope to reschedule, and we will let subscribers and the general public know all information at that time.

13 Mar 2020

Upcoming Event Postponements

By Stephani Nagle

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (March 13, 2020) — Due to the Governor's mandate, all TaxSlayer Center ticketed events are postponed for the next 30 days. We will be rescheduling our events.

13 Mar 2020

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Inducts New Members

By Marla Elsea

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (March 13, 2020) — The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Joe Field of Bettendorf (52722) at The Citadel

Kimberly Rodriguez of Muscatine (52761) at Southern Virginia University

13 Mar 2020

Quad Cities COVID-19 Update

By Brooke Barnes

PRESS RELEASE (March 13, 2020) — Due to a global increase in COVID-19, a coalition of Quad Cities area health, business, government, and emergency-management officials have united to assess our regional situation and provide recommendations on how to minimize the risk for community spread. We understand this is an evolving situation and there are concerns in the community. We want to address your concerns with factual information.

13 Mar 2020

Paul Krugman, COVID-19, and Broken Windows

By Thomas L Knapp

The jury is still out on which of two things — COVID-19 or the panic over COVID-19 — will cost more lives and do more damage to the global economy. My money's still on the latter. In the meantime, I've developed a surefire, Groundhog Day type test for whether the emergency is over: Watch for Nobel laureate economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman to start trying to convince us it was, all in all, actually a good thing.

13 Mar 2020

Sens Charles "Chuck" Grassley, Mark Warner: DOJ, FBI Must Learn from Mistakes in Ghaisar Shooting Investigation

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (March 13, 2020) — Senators Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) pressed the Justice Department (DOJ) to provide details on specific reforms being implemented to avoid a repeat of its drawn-out and opaque investigation of US Park Police’s fatal shooting of Bijan Ghaisar.

13 Mar 2020

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue Swears In Devon Westhill for USDA Civil Rights Post

By USDA Office of Communications

 

WASHINGTON DC (March 13, 2020) — Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue yesterday swore in Devon Westhill to serve as the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. Following the swearing in, Sec Perdue issued this statement:

13 Mar 2020

The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) Announces Suspension of 2019-2020 Season

By Brian Rothenberger

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (March 12, 2020) — Per the SPHL:

“For the safety of our fans, players, team personnel and arena staff, the Southern Professional Hockey League today announced that due to concerns over the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, it has suspended the 2019-2020 season effective immediately. The SPHL and its member teams will continue to monitor developments over the weekend and provide an update on the 2019-2020 season in the near future.”

13 Mar 2020

State of Iowa Provides COVID-19 Update

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 12, 2020) — Testing at Iowa’s State Hygienic Laboratory has indicated two additional positive cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iowa residents, a total of 16 positive cases. An additional 16 tests were negative.  

13 Mar 2020

Libertarian Party of Iowa and The Iowa Green Party Joint Statement in Response to COVID-19 and Filing Deadlines in Iowa

By Mike Conner Jr

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 12, 2020) — Please see the joint statement from Libertarian Party of Iowa Chair Mike Conner Jr and Iowa Green Party Co-Chair Erin Young regarding the impact the spread of COVID-19 has had on meeting Iowa’s candidate filing deadlines, and the health and welfare of Iowa in general.

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