JOHNSTON, Iowa, June 29 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Omaha Division issued the following news release: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division hosted its third annual Family Summit at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, June 27, bringing together families from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota representing 41 loved ones lost to a fentanyl poisoning. "This is a somber day," DEA Omaha Division Special Agent in Charge Steven  more

LENEXA, Kansas, June 29 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Today, at City Hall in Waterloo, Iowa, EPA Region 7 Brownfields and Land Revitalization Branch Supervisor Stanley Walker presented a $1 million ceremonial check to the City of Waterloo as a Brownfields Multipurpose Grant selectee. EPA has selected the city to receive the grant through EPA's Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grants program, funded by the Bipar  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- President Biden issued the following statement on June 28, 2024, on Iowa's abortion ban: * * * Today, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the state's extreme and dangerous abortion ban can go into effect. Iowa is the twenty-second state with an abortion ban, imposed by Republican elected officials, that puts women's health and lives in jeopardy. This should never happen in America. Yet, this is exactly what is happening in states across the country since the Supreme Court  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 29 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Iowa following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that occurred May 20 - 31 announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Private   more

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, June 29 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on June 28, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Campaign Communications Director Michael Tyler while en route to Queens, New York: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, everybody. Q: Hello. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I have Michael Tyler with me as well. I just have one thing at the top, and then we'll get going. So, today, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled the state's extreme and dangerous abortion ban ca  more