WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on June 16, 2025: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, PowerTech RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: PowerTech of Pottawattamie County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Leads Quad Cities Lawmakers in Pressing U.S. Army for Answers on Rock Island Arsenal * WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led a group of Quad Cities lawmakers, including Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) and Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.), in a letter to U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll reemphasizing their request for a  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Rep. Hinson Joins The Signal Sitdown * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (IA-02) joined Daily Signal's Bradley Devlin on The Signal Sitdown podcast. The two discussed the media bias contributing to the cover-up of President Biden's mental decline, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, countering the CCP's illicit practices, and more. In case you missed it... Click here (link is exter  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 16 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report * # June 9 - 15, 2025 DES MOINES, Iowa (June 16, 2025) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the 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 wee  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36836) entitled "Norfolk Southern Corp. and Norfolk Southern Railway Co. - Acquisition of Control - Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Co.": * * * On February 14, 2025, Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (collectively, Applicants) filed a submission, styled as an application for a "minor" transaction, seeking Board author  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Leaders Praise EPA's Proposed New Renewable Fuel Standards to Strengthen U.S. Energy Security, Support Rural America, Expand Domestic Fuel Production * WASHINGTON - Last week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that EPA is proposing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume requirements for 2026 and 2027 that would strengthen American  more