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State Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Wednesday June 12, 2024 ( 5 items )  

FY 2025-2029 Iowa Transportation Improvement Program Approved by the Iowa Transportation Commission
AMES, Iowa, June 12 -- The Iowa Transportation Commission issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the Fiscal Year 2025-2029 Iowa Transportation Improvement Program at its meeting today. The Program documents investments in Iowa's multimodal transportation system covering aviation, public transit, railroads, trails, and highways. The program is posted on the Iowa DOT's website https://iowadot.gov/program_management/Five-Year-Program. The   more

Iowa A.G. Bird Defends Iowa Immigration Enforcement Law
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 11 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following statement on June 10, 2024: * * * Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today released the following statement regarding her defense of Iowa's immigration enforcement law at a federal district court: "Since Biden refuses to enforce our immigration laws, Iowa is doing the job for him." "Biden's open borders have not only caused record illegal immigration, but they have opened the door for drug cartels, human   more

Iowa A.G. Bird Defends Law Keeping Inappropriate Books Out of Schools
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 12 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following statement on June 11, 2024: * * * Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today made the case in a federal court of appeals to defend Iowa's parental-rights and age-appropriate-books law. The law keeps sexually explicit books out of schools and inappropriate lessons out of schools' curriculums. Attorney General Bird released the following statement: "Inappropriate books do not belong in the hands of school childre  more

Iowa Agriculture Dept.: Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 11 (TNSres) -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on June 10, 2024: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this time. "Summer heat is arriving just in time  more

N.D. A.G. WRIGLEY: NORTH DAKOTA AND 22 OTHER STATES ASK THE DC CIRCUIT TO STAY EPA'S MATS RULE WHILE CHALLENGES TO THE RULE ARE HEARD
BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 11 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news: North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley and Attorneys General from West Virginia, Alaska, Georgia, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming filed a motion late last Friday asking the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to stay implementation of EPA's new MA  more