SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (April 1, 2019) — This week, in response to the spike in traffic fatalities, injuries, and vehicle collisions to Illinois State Troopers Representative Tony McCombie co-sponsored an amendment to Scott’s Law (also known as the ‘Move Over Law’). This law increases penalties for people that fail to slow down or move over when a vehicle is stopped on the side of the road.

WASHINGTON DC (April 1, 2019) — Senators Charles "Chuck" Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa joined Sens Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Roy Blunt of Missouri, and a group of bipartisan colleagues in writing a bipartisan letter urging Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to prioritize the implementation of the dairy provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill.

DES MOINES– Today, Governor Kim Kim Reynolds announced her appointments of Gina Badding and Amy Moore as district court judges in Judicial Election District 2B.   Badding, of Carroll, Iowa, received her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Iowa. She currently practices law with Neu, Minnich, Comito, Halbur, Neu, and Badding PC in Carroll.

DES MOINES – Major General Timothy E Orr, Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard, recently announced his retirement beginning on May 1, 2019. He has served as Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard since January 2009.