DES MOINES, Iowa, May 25 -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on May 24, 2024: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today applauded the House Agriculture Committee's bipartisan passage of the new Farm Bill. He thanked Representatives Feenstra and Nunn, members of the Committee, as well as the entire Iowa delegation, for their work to incorporate Iowa's priorities: "Iowa farmers and consumers need a strong and comprehensive Farm Bill, and the House Agriculture  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 25 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Governor Kim Reynolds announced today that President Biden has approved Iowa's request for a Major Disaster Declaration for Iowa counties where significant damage was sustained from severe storms and widespread flooding that occurred on May 21, 2024. "I want thank President Biden for expediting my request for federal assistance, and I greatly appreciate the responsiveness of FEMA Administr  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 25 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Gov. Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster emergency proclamation for 10 additional counties in response to severe weather that occurred on May 21, 2024. The governor's proclamation allows state resources to be utilized to respond to and recover from the effects of this severe weather and activates the Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program and Disaster Case Advocacy Program for the following counties: Calh  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 25 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: This morning, Governor Reynolds spoke with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack regarding the severe weather event in Iowa on April 26th, 2024, and her request on May 14, 2024, for USDA disaster assistance for impacted farmers. Secretary Vilsack informed the Governor that USDA has determined that Iowa meets the requirements for an FSA Administrator's Physical Loss Notificat  more

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, May 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Council Bluffs man was sentenced May 21, 2024, to 84 months in federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute 500 grams or more of a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Methamphetamine. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencings, Alejandro Almaraz, 24, and three co-defendants, conspired to distribute methamphetamin  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 25 -- Iowa Workforce Development issued the following news release: Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is now available to eligible individuals as a result of a Major Disaster Declaration signed by President Biden on May 24, 2024. Iowa Workforce Development is now accepting applications (https://workforce.iowa.gov/unemployment/dua) for DUA from individuals in Adair, Polk, Story, and Montgomery Counties whose employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted due to   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 25 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan today announced the appointment of Erin Lindhart Felten and Dwight Luhmann as District Court Judges in Minnesota's Third Judicial District. Lindhart Felten will replace the Honorable Joseph F. Chase and will be chambered in Rochester in Olmsted County. "It is my pleasure to appoint Erin Lindhart Felten to the Olmsted County benc  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, May 25 (TNSres) -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Governor Kristi Noem and 23 of her fellow Republican governors sent a letter to President Biden opposing proposed amendments to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Internal Health Regulations (IHR) and a new pandemic treaty. "South Dakota came out of the pandemic with the strongest economy in America, not because we listened to the World Health Organization - but because we trusted o  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: * * * Travelers can now use the LA Wallet at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and 26 other airports * * * The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now accepting Louisiana-issued mobile driver licenses (mDLs) at checkpoints with digital ID readers nationwide. Travelers who have downloaded the LA Wall  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 25 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on May 24, 2024: Attorney General Reyes joined a coalition of 27 states Tuesday in defending American firearms manufacturers against attempts to hold the companies liable for gun violence in Mexico. If a lower court's ruling is allowed to stand, Americans' Second Amendment rights could be threatened. In their petition, the attorneys general ask the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to correc  more