DES MOINES, Iowa, July 20 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans' health and the air where we live. DNR's permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards. The public has the right and is encouraged to comment on draft permits. DNR considers public comments (https://www.iowadnr.gov/Envir  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 20 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador today joined a 22-state amicus brief in support of Florida's request to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the state to enforce its law regulating sex-modification procedures while the district court's order enjoining the law is heard on appeal. The case is Doe v. Surgeon General, State of Florida. Like half the states in the country an  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 20 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following agency statement on July 18, 2024: * * * DNR staff work with individuals, businesses and communities to help them protect our natural resources by complying with state and federal laws. This approach is very effective. In the few cases where compliance cannot be achieved, the DNR issues enforcement actions. The following list summarizes recent enforcement actions. Find the entire, original orders on DNR'  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 20 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking informal comments on administrative rules for special nonresident deer and turkey licenses. Executive Order 10 (EO10), signed by Governor Reynolds on January 10, 2023, requires all state agencies to identify which administrative rule chapters will be retained or rescinded. The EO10 process includes public engagement with the opportuni  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 20 -- The Iowa Economic Development Authority issued the following news on July 19, 2024: * * * SSBCI Funding Awarded to Five Innovation Startups * * * Today, the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board approved awards for two companies, which will assist in the creation of eight jobs and result in $28.5 million in new capital investment for the state. These projects are located in Minden and Sioux City. IEDA also recently approved assistance from Iowa's State  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - 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 and tornadoes that occurred April 26 - 27, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Privat  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 20 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: This afternoon, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced that Iowa's critical IT systems have been restored and services to Iowans have resumed as normal following a global outage caused by an automatic software update from CrowdStrike, which the state uses for malware and virus protection. "I want to thank the Department of Management's Division of Information Technology and its security operations   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 20 -- Iowa Workforce Development issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: * * * Three Additional Northwest Iowa Counties Now Eligible Disaster Unemployment Assistance New Counties Join Those Already Eligible for Benefits Following June Storms and Flooding. * * * Three additional Northwest Iowa Counties have been added to the list of places where individuals are eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) following severe weather last month. Iowa Wor  more