DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 21, 2025) — A group of national labor leaders will join local workers and their representatives for a field hearing in Davenport on Tuesday, April 22, 6-8PM, at the Starlight Ballroom at Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, Gate 2 Entrance. The hearing is to explore the impacts of the Trump Administration cuts to federal agencies and impacts on the local economy.

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 17, 2025) — Governor Kim Reynolds has released the following statement in response to the Iowa House and Senate passing SF 619, a bill to exempt disaster assistance payments from state taxes, fill disaster-relief funds, provide fraud protections for home-owners in the insurance-claims process, and better prepare Iowa for future natural disasters:

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 16, 2025) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced the launch of the new Iowa Cold Case playing card deck to help crack Iowa’s more than 400 unsolved murders. The announcement was made in a press conference at the Des Moines Police Department. Speakers at the press conference also included:

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (April 15, 2025) — As one of the largest business organizations in the State — representing over 3,000 employers of every size, sector, and industry — the Illinois Chamber of Commerce has heard from our members on this issue loudly and clearly: real reform and real solutions are necessary now to achieve mass transit-reform; and address the looming $770 million funding cliff.