DES MOINES, Iowa, July 3 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today discussed the office's cold case unit's partnership with local law enforcement to investigate Iowa's more than 400 unsolved murders. The announcement was made in a press conference at the Cedar Rapids Police Department in Linn County. Speakers at the press conference also included: * Steve Ponsetto, Investigator and lead of the Iowa cold case   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 3 -- Drake University issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: Drake University announced today that Iowa State Representative and former U.S. Congressman David Young will serve as the inaugural Practitioner in Residence at the Ron and Jane Olson Institute for Public Democracy. The program, which was previously unveiled in February 2024, is made possible by a generous $1 million gift from Patty and Jim Cownie. In his role as the Patty and Jim Cownie Practition  more

DAVENPORT, Iowa, July 2 -- Iowa American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: * * * Production and Water Quality employees reach 14-year safety milestone * * * Iowa American Water announced today that employees at its East River Station Treatment Facility in Davenport celebrated an impressive safety milestone recently. Production and water quality employees at the company's treatment facility have worked 14 consecutive years or 5,110 days   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 2 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following letter on July 1, 2024: * * * Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds sent a letter to Department of Labor's Acting Secretary Julie Su in response to Iowa businesses being targeted with excessive fines. The full letter reads as: "I am writing on behalf of small businesses across Iowa that are facing excessive fines due to the U.S. Department of Labor's enforcement of youth labor laws. "My office has received multiple reports of sm  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 2 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following open letter on July 1, 2024: * * * Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds released the following open letter to the state of Iowa: The U.S. Department of Labor is on a crusade to root out what it calls "oppressive child labor" in Iowa, and it's prepared to "fully utilize its statutory and regulatory authority" by imposing maximum penalties on businesses. In a recent opinion piece, the Des Moines Register's editorial board was fully  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 3 -- The Iowa Utilities Commission issued the following news release: After 38 years as the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB), the state agency is welcoming a name change on July 1, 2024, and is now the Iowa Utilities Commission (IUC). In conjunction with the agency name change, Board members will now be known as Commissioners. Additional changes to legal, physical, digital, and agency branding will be phased in over the next few months. The IUC website -- now iuc.iowa.gov -- a  more

OTTUMWA, Iowa, July 2 -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on July 1, 2024: * * * Wapello County farm family is focused on the future of agriculture * * * Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award to the Doug and Janet Brinegar Family of Wapello County today. The presentation was made during an event at the Wapello County Expo Grounds. Brinegar Cattle Company is a diverse crop and livestock family farm located near   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Last week, the same week of the two-year anniversary of Donald Trump's Supreme Court justices overturning Roe v. Wade, the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a MAGA-led abortion ban - one that bans abortion before many women even know they're pregnant. This devastating decision came just mere hours after Trump doubled down on his anti-choice, anti-freedom agenda on the debate stage and called the overturning of Ro  more