17 Apr 2017

State Treasury Offers Six-Month Deposits to Iowa's Financial Institutions

By Karen Austin

DES MOINES, IA (04/12/2017) (readMedia)-- State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald announced that, as a result of Tuesday's online Invest in Iowa auction, $50 million will be deposited in 22 financial institutions across the state. The state will receive an average rate of return of 1.29% on these six-month certificates of deposit. "We continue to see significant interest in this program," Fitzgerald said.

12 Apr 2017

The LOVE Movement reveals the LOVE Element Filtration System

By The Love Movement

Kearney, NE— The LOVE Element Filtration System is being unveiled as the first clean, renewable energy system and will be teaming up with United States Veterans as partners in development and manufacturing.

10 Apr 2017

Bill Co-Sponsored by Rep. McCombie Giving Property Tax Relief to Homeowners Passes the House

By David Kubik

Springfield…This week, legislation co-sponsored by State Rep. Tony McCombie (IL-71st) to provide property tax relief to Illinoisans passed the Illinois House of Representatives.

10 Apr 2017

Rauner Administration Files Brief in Support of State Employees’ Pay

By Eleni Demertzis

The Rauner Administration filed a brief in the Fifth Judicial District Appellate Court this afternoon addressing the duplicity of the Attorney General’s appeal in the state employee pay lawsuit.  For over a year, AG Madigan benefitted from the very court order she is now attacking by paying her own staff over $23 million dollars in FY 2017 alone, bringing into question her motives.

10 Apr 2017

Ernst, Grassley Lead DOD Letter Calling for Long-Overdue Clean Audit of Department

By Grassley Press

“Twenty-five years later, DOD is the only agency yet to comply. This inability to account for expenditures does a disservice to the American taxpayer and threatens our national security.”

07 Apr 2017

New Jobs for Today's Economy

By Rep. Dave Loebsack

Over the next decade, millions of jobs will need to be filled in new and growing industries. In order to prepare Iowans to be successful in these industries, we must eliminate the skills gap that exists between our nation’s workforce and the demands of emerging fields.

05 Apr 2017

Fund the Government Before Shutdown – Without Gimmicks

By Patrick Newton
The government is currently being funded by a continuing resolution that expires on April 28, 2017. The following is a statement from Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:
This month Congress faces a statutory deadline to fund the government or else risk a costly and unnecessary government shutdown.
05 Apr 2017

Grassley Statement on FTC Settlement with ChemChina

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement regarding a Federal Trade Commission settlement requiring ChemChina and Syngenta to divest certain U.S. assets as a condition of its merger.

05 Apr 2017

Grassley, Leahy Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Whistleblowers in Criminal Antitrust Cases

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Patrick Leahy today reintroduced legislation to extend whistleblower protection for employees who provide information to the Department of Justice related to criminal antitrust violations. 

05 Apr 2017

Cutting Congress' Pay

By Rep. Dave Loebsack

Last week, I was proud to reintroduce my bipartisan legislation to cut Members’ of Congress pay for the first time in eight decades. The Congressional Halt in Pay Increases (CHIP IN) and Cut Congressional Pay Act would cut Members’ pay by 10 percent and repeal the automatic pay raises that currently take place unless Congress votes to stop them.

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