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.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 9, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced her appointment of Melinda Wicks and Matthew Schuling as district associate judges in Judicial Districts 3B and 4, respectively.

Wicks, of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, serves as a magistrate in Woodbury County and as a deputy county attorney in the Dakota County Attorney’s Office, State of Nebraska. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska and law degree from Washburn University of Law.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 9, 2024) — A panel of industry judges recently selected the proposed Des Moines development of Goldfinch Lofts as the winner of the Iowa Finance Authority’s (IFA) second annual Innovation in Housing Pitch Competition held at the HousingIowa Conference in Des Moines last week.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 9, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, and manure.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (September 6, 2024) — Join WQPT on September 12, 2024, 5PM, for a screening of excerpts from the film, A Reason to Live, and an engaging panel discussion about suicide prevention and mental wellness.

Every day, twenty young people die by suicide in the United States.

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