DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 20, 2024) — The Azubuike African American Council for The Arts is excited to celebrate its tenth anniversary with a special screening of the award-winning documentary One Person, One Vote? by renowned filmmaker Maximina Juson. The celebration will take place on Sunday, October 20, at The Last Picture House, beginning with a reception at 3PM, followed by the film screening at 4PM, and concluding with a Filmmaker Talk and Q&A, 5:30-6:30PM.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 19, 2024) — Auditor of State Rob Sand today released an agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Elma, Iowa, for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The agreed-upon procedures engagement was performed pursuant to Chapter 11.6 of the Code of Iowa.

Auditor Sand reported twenty-two findings related to the receipt and disbursement of tax-payer funds. They are found on pages nine through fourteen of this report.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 19, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has filed two briefs opposing settlement agreements that abuse the system and take advantage of the harmed Americans that the lawsuits were supposed to support.

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (September 18, 2024) — The Chicago Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil-rights and advocacy organization, has urged the dismissal of a police detective over allegedly posting hundreds of social-media posts expressing anti-Muslim, racist, and bigoted sentiments.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 17, 2024) — Today, during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird sent a letter to the Biden-Harris EPA, urging it to deny California’s request for a waiver that would allow it to mandate that if a traditional gas-powered truck hauls through the state of California, even one time, the entire fleet become 100% electric.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 12, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds gave the keynote address at the US-India Business Council’s India Ideas Summit (USIBC) in Delhi on the second day of her ten-day trade mission to India.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 11, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced the promotions of Keisha Cretsinger to Chief of the Statewide Prosecutions Section and Lindsey Browning to Chief of the Administrative Law Section.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 10, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds ordered all flags at half-staff from sunrise to sunset in Iowa on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, in honor of Patriot Day and in memory of those who lost their lives in the September 11 terrorist attacks. This year marks the 23rd Memorial of 9/11.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 10, 2024) — College and university students in the Iowa counties of Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Humboldt, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, Scott, Sioux, and Woodbury may be eligible for disaster assistance. Students may qualify for a grant under FEMA’s Other Needs Assistance program for essential personal property and other needs.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 10, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has left for an official trade mission to India. The delegation joining her includes Iowa Economic Development Authority and Iowa Finance Authority Director Debi Durham, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, and agricultural and business leaders from Iowa. The purpose of the mission is to work toward strengthening Iowa’s trade and investment relationships with one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.

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