WASHINGTON DC (June 5, 2020)  According to an analysis released on June 4  by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), an extension of increased unemployment benefits would result in more unemployment and lower economic productivity in 2021 and would “weaken incentives to work as people compared the benefits available during unemployment

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 5, 2020)  On June 4, Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 2348, implementing legislation for HJR 14, a constitutional amendment that would restore felon voting rights upon discharge after completion of their sentences.

LENEXA, KANSAS (June 5, 2020) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposal to improve the rulemaking process under the Clean Air Act by establishing requirements to ensure consistent, high-quality analyses of benefits and costs are provided to the public for significant rules.

FAYETTE, IOWA (June 5, 2020) Upper Iowa University has announced its 2020 Honors and Awards Scholarship recipients. The honorees and their respective award(s) included:

Davenport, IA Nahira Colon Lopez, Lucille Dickman Scholarship;

De Witt, IA Kaitlyn Ketelsen, Military Family Endowed Scholarship;

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 5, 2020) — The Davenport Public Library will reopen all three locations beginning Monday, June 8. Eastern and Fairmount will resume normal hours and Main will be open Monday-Tuesday, 9AM-8PM, and Wednesday-Saturday, 9AM-5:30PM. All locations will be offering limited services at this time. The Richardson Sloane Special Collections Center will remain closed to the public.

WASHINGTON DC (June 5, 2020)  The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) recently found that almost 900,000 high-income tax-payers failed to file tax returns from 2014 to 2016, resulting in billions of dollars in unpaid taxes, and the IRS did not attempt to collect in sever

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (June 5, 2020) Varun Vedula of Bettendorf, Iowa, made the Dean's List for the Spring 2020 semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 3.0 or higher academic average for the semester.

GOSHEN, INDIANA (June 4, 2020) Goshen College recently recognized 196 undergraduate students for excellence in academics on the spring 2020 Dean's List.

Anna McVay, a junior Sustainability Studies major from Geneseo, Illinois, was recognized for academic excellence on the spring semester Dean's List at Goshen College. McVay is a graduate from Geneseo Central School.

WASHINGTON DC (June 4, 2020) — US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) has already approved more than $545 million in payments to producers who have applied for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. FSA began taking applications May 26, and the agency has received over 86,000 applications for this important relief program.

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (June 4, 2020) — In a major victory for the First Amendment rights of churches to not be unfairly discriminated against in their efforts to worship in accordance with their religious beliefs, Delaware will no longer impose any mandatory COVID-19 restrictions on houses of worship beyond those that are g

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