DES MOINES, IOWA (April 9, 2020) — The Iowa Economic Development Authority recently announced that 500 small businesses have been awarded a total of more than $10 million in grants through the Iowa Small Business Relief Grant program. The program has a total of $24 million available to allocate, the additional grant recipients to be notified through additional rounds this week.

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 9, 2020) — On March 23, Governor Kim Reynolds announced a new Iowa Small Business Relief Program to support the state's small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program offered small-business relief grants, administered by the Iowa Economic Development Authority. It also offered businesses a tax-deferral of sales and/or withholding taxes due and waiver of penalty and interest, administered by the Iowa Department of Revenue. 

WASHINGTON DC (April 8, 2020) — Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released his Priorities for the Next Coronavirus Relief Package, a plan to build on the $2.3 trillion CARES Act and address the public health and economic crisis from the novel coronav

PEORIA, ILLINOIS (April 6, 2020) — The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Grain and Feed Association of Illinois (GFAI), and Illinois On-Site Consultation Program have signed a two-year alliance to address safety and health hazards employees face at Illinois grain-handling sites.