DES MOINES, Iowa, July 26 -- 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

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 26 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following statement on July 25, 2024: * * * Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced victory after a federal court blocked the radical Biden-Harris Administration's attempt to rewrite more than 50 years of landmark protections for women. Attorney General Bird released the following statement: "Today's victory delivers a major blow to the Biden-Harris Administration's war on women and protects young women all ac  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: As congressional lawmakers try to force a vote this week on a bipartisan bill that guarantees the right to IVF, here's a reminder that Mariannette Miller-Meeks has refused to sign on to this legislation and repeatedly threatened IVF access for Iowa families. Miller-Meeks co-sponsored the Life at Conception Act - a total national abortion ban with no exceptions for rape, in  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: As congressional lawmakers try to force a vote this week on a bipartisan bill that guarantees the right to IVF, here's a reminder that Zach Nunn has refused to sign on to this legislation and voted for a bill in the state legislature that could jeopardize Iowa women's access to IVF. Instead of supporting a bipartisan bill that *actually* protects IVF nationwide, Nunn is tr  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 26 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on July 25, 2024: * * * Gov. Kim Reynolds today issued the following statement after a federal judge has blocked changes to Title IX rules issued by the Biden-Harris administration to change the definition of "sex" to "gender identity" which would allow access to bathrooms and locker rooms based on gender identification. Iowa joined the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota i  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 26 -- Iowa Workforce Development issued the following news release: * * * New Counties Join Those Already Eligible for Benefits Following June Storms and Flooding. * * * Two additional 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 Workforce Development is now accepting applications for DUA from individuals in Osceola and Pottawattamie Counties whose  more