DES MOINES, IOWA (March 17, 2020) — Employees impacted by COVID-19 closures can and should apply for unemployment benefits online here:

WASHINGTON DC (March 17, 2020) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley today released the following statement regarding an announcement from the Department of the Treasury that individuals and corporations may defer tax payments to the IRS for up to 90 days without incurring interest or penalties. Taxpayers will still be required to file but payments may be deferred.

WASHINGTON DC (March 17, 2020) — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is ensuring the safety and timely delivery of the US food supply while protecting the health of USDA employees during this COVID-19 National Emergency.

JOHNSTON, IOWA (March 17, 2020) — Iowa PBS is cooking up a ninth season of Iowa Ingredient, with 8 tasty new episodes to be served up this spring.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 17, 2020) — Governor Kim Reynolds issued a State of Public Health Disaster Emergency activating the public health response and recovery aspects of the State Disaster Emergency Plan effective at noon today.

WASHINGTON DC (March 17, 2020) — Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a collaboration with the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, McLane Global, PepsiCo, and others to deliver nearly 1,000,000 meals to students in a limited number of rural schools closed due to COVID-19:

JOHNSTON, IOWA (March 16, 2020) — For 100 years, Iowans have enjoyed and explored their state's natural beauty through the state parks system. To commemorate this milestone, Iowa Outdoors, Iowa PBS's series centered on outdoor recreation and Iowa's natural resources, will feature three new episodes honoring the history and beauty of Iowa's state parks. The 30-minute episodes will air weekly on Wednesdays at 6:30PM in April, premiering on statewide Iowa PBS beginning April 1.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (March 16, 2020) — Representative Dave Loebsack announced today that in the interest of public safety and to help slow the spread of COVID-19, or Coronavirus, he will be closing his physical offices in Iowa City, Davenport, and Washington DC, effective March 17, 2020. All staff will continue to serve Iowans via teleworking.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 16, 2020) — Governor Kim Reynolds held a press conference to provide an update to the state of Iowa on current 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) mitigation efforts.

“Fear is a primitive impulse, brainless as hunger, and because the aim of horror fiction is the production of the deepest kinds of fears, the genre tends to reinforce some remarkably uncivilized ideas about self-protection.

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