DES MOINES, IOWA (October 31, 2019) — State Treasurer Michael L Fitzgerald was pleased to present a check for several thousand dollars from the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt to LifeServe Blood Center. "The Great Iowa Treasure Hunt is proud to reunite LifeServe Blood Center with over $55,000 in lost funds," Fitzgerald said. "LifeServe Blood Center does a wonderful service by saving lives in our area. I am pleased to get this money back to this lifesaving organization."

WASHINGTON DC (October 29, 2019) — Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Representatives Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ed Case (D-HI) introduced the TRUST Act on Tuesday with Sens Todd Young (R-IN), Doug Jones (D-AL), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Reps Bryan Steil (R-WI), Ben McAdams (D-UT), and William Timmons (R-SC). The TRUST Act would create commissions aimed at rescuing our nation’s largest faltering trust funds.

WASHINGTON DC (October 28, 2019) — Proposals to adopt single-payer health-care in the United States have grown in popularity in recent years, as numerous lawmakers and presidential candidates have embraced Medicare for All. However, few have grappled with how to finance the new costs imposed on the federal government. By most estimates, Medicare for All would cost the federal government about $30 trillion over the next decade.

WASHINGTON DC (October 25, 2019) — The Treasury Department released final budget numbers for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 today, showing last year's deficit totaled $984 billion, a $205 billion (or 26 percent) increase from the prior year and a 48-percent increase from 2017.