06 Dec 2019

With Record Low Unemployment, USDA Finalizes Rule to Promote Work

By USDA Office of Communications

WASHINGTON DC (December 6, 2019) — US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue released the following statement regarding the latest jobs report released today by the US Department of Labor (DOL). The jobs report shows the economy added 266,000 new jobs in November with an unemployment rate of 3.5%, which remains at a record 50-year low.

06 Dec 2019

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley on Another Failed Audit at the Department of Defense

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (December 6, 2019) — Prepared floor remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley on another failed audit at the Department of Defense:

 

I’m here today to report on the Pentagon’s most recent audit. Unfortunately, I don’t come with tidings of comfort and joy.

Instead, I come with tidings of bad news. The Department of Defense has flunked another test of fiscal fitness, yet again.

06 Dec 2019

Steep Canyon Rangers to Perform at Heritage Center

By Stacey Ortman

DUBUQUE, IOWA (December 6, 2019) — University of Dubuque Heritage Center continues its seventh-annual Live at Heritage Center Performing Arts Series with Steep Canyon Rangers at 7:30PM, Friday, January 10, in John and Alice Butler Hall.

06 Dec 2019

Sens Charles "Chuck" Grassley, Elizabeth Warren Push FDA on Rules for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (December 6, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) are today pressing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its lack of action on writing rules to allow the sale of over-the-counter hearing aids.

06 Dec 2019

Caucus for Kids Campaign Launches Digital Dialogue

By Brianna Steirer

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 6, 2019) — Every Child Matters and the Iowa Children’s Policy Coalition are launching their Digital Dialogue, a new feature aimed at promoting more robust discussion of children’s issues among presidential candidates throughout the 2020 presidential election. 

06 Dec 2019

Youth Apply Research and Robotics to Explore in FIRST ® LEGO® League & FIRST LEGO League Junior

By Pat Barnes

BETTENDORF, IOWA (December 6, 2019) — Creativity, engineering, and high energy will come together this weekend at the 11th Annual, Quad Cities — Davenport  

05 Dec 2019

Meet Virgil Griffith: America's Newest Political Prisoner

By Thomas L Knapp

On November 29, FBI agents arrested hacker and cryptocurrency developer Virgil Griffith. His alleged crime: Talking. Yes, really. The FBI alleges that Griffith "participated in discussions regarding using cryptocurrency technologies to evade sanctions and launder money."

05 Dec 2019

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley, Colleagues Call for Stronger Funding for USDA’s Value-Added Producer Grants Program

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (December 5, 2019) — Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to the chairman and ranking member of both the Senate and House Appropriations Committees urging them to include robust funding for the US Department of Agriculture’s Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG) program in the fisca

05 Dec 2019

Gov Kim Reynolds Highlights Second Chance Initiatives at Workforce Policy Board Meeting

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 5, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds highlighted her efforts to reduce recidivism in Iowa during the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board Meeting. Gov Reynolds highlighted her 2nd chance initiatives and how those tie into the state’s overall workforce-development plan. This quarterly meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board occurred at Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis.

05 Dec 2019

Elderly, Wheelchair-Bound Woman Alleges TSA Agents Groped Her Upper and Lower Body without Warning in Full View of Other Travelers

By The Rutherford Institute

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (December 5, 2019) — The Rutherford Institute has come to the aid of an elderly Delaware woman who has alleged that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners groped her upper and lower body, including feeling inside the waistband of her pants, during a security screening at Philadelphia’s Internat

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