DES MOINES, IOWA (January 28, 2020) — Donald Trump, Andrew Yang, and Bernie Sanders are the top three vote-getters so far among presidential candidates in Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s Iowa Youth Straw Poll. Thousands of students across the state voted in the poll on Tuesday.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (January 28, 2020) — Aditya Singh of Bettendorf, IA, has earned a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

Singh was among approximately 4,200 undergraduate and graduate students who received degrees during Georgia Tech's 258th Commencement exercises December 13-14, 2019, at the McCamish Pavilion.

WASHINGTON DC (January 28, 2020) — Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a classified letter Tuesday to US Attorney General William P Barr to request the declassification of four footnotes in the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) report on FISA abuses in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

WASHINGTON DC (January 28, 2020) — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its January 2020 Budget and Economic Outlook, projecting the return of trillion-dollar deficits as well as high and rising debt and deficits over the next decade and beyond. CBO’s report shows:

WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT (January 28, 2020) — The University of Hartford is pleased to announce Megan Hultquist of Bettendorf, Iowa, has been named to its Dean's List for Fall 2019.

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (January 28, 2020) — The following students have been named to the Dean's List for the fall 2019 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

CANTON, MISSOURI (01/28/2020) — Congratulations to Tucker Ziegenhorn on being accepted into Culver-Stockton College's incoming class for the fall 2020 semester.

Ziegenhorn, from Geneseo, Illinois, and a senior at Geneseo High School, also was awarded the Trustee's Scholarship, a $13,000-per-year scholarship for four years. This scholarship is awarded based upon academic credentials and is renewable provided the student remains in good academic standing.

WASHINGTON DC (January 28, 2020) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley released the following statement after the issuance of the Trump administration’s report on the effort to combat trafficking in counterfeit and pirated goods.

WASHINGTON DC (January 28, 2020) — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic Outlook for the next decade, which warned that the national debt is headed to uncharted waters. Under current law, CBO projects debt will rise from 80 percent of the economy today to 98 percent by 2030 and 180 percent by 2050.

KENOSHA, WISCONSIN (January 28, 2020) — More than 900 students have been named to the Carthage College dean's list for the fall 2019 semester. Dean's list honors are accorded to Carthage students who achieve a minimum 3.5 grade-point average while carrying at least 14 credit hours during a semester.

Pryce Boeye of Milan (61264)

Andrew Boldt of Davenport (52807)

Maeve Dwyer of Davenport (52803)

Audrey Lewis of Milan (61264)

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