HousingIowa Awards Recognize Outstanding Housing Initiatives

CEDAR RAPIDS – The Iowa Finance Authority recently recognized outstanding affordable housing initiatives and advocates with HousingIowa Awards at the 2017 HousingIowa Conference in Cedar Rapids.

(WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2017) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today announced that the government of Vietnam has notified the U.S. that it will resume imports of American distillers dried grains (DDGS).  In December 2016, Vietnam suspended imports of U.S. DDGS after reported detections of quarantine pests in U.S. shipments.  Prior to the suspension, Vietnam was the third-largest market for U.S.

Lawsuit: Rescinding DACA will cause “immediate harm” to nearly 2,800 in Iowa

DES MOINES – Attorney General Tom Miller Wednesday joined 15 state attorneys general in a federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's order to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which protects those brought into the United States illegally as children.

Save Now, Save Later Giveaway Will Provide 50 $1,000 Awards for College Savings Iowa Accounts

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (Sept. 5, 2017) — New changes mark the fourth year of the parent-focused giveaway program from Iowa Student Loan®.