WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Champions Opportunities for Future Farmers and Manufacturers * STORM LAKE, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, led a roundtable discussion on her bipartisan Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act (MAMBA) that will expand opportunities for first-time farmers and small to mid-size manufacturers. The legislation will modernize the I  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on June 23, 2025: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Acorn Bluff Farms 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: Acorn Bluff Farms of Louisa County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in ever  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Former Governors in Senate: GOP Reconciliation Bill will Slash Medicaid Services, SNAP * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) led a number of his Senate colleagues who previously served as state governors to communicate to Republican leadership the devastating impacts of the Senate reconciliation bill on states. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senate Finance  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 23 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report * # June 16 - 22 DES MOINES, Iowa (June 23, 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 week dur  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 24 -- The Iowa Department of Education issued the following news release on June 23, 2025: * * * Summer nutrition programs across Iowa provide free healthy food options during summer break More than 540 meal sites across Iowa are serving students healthy meals and snacks this summer. * DES MOINES -- The Iowa Department of Education today announced more than 540 sites across Iowa are serving free, nutritious meals to children through the Seamless Summer Option and Summ  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn Bipartisan Bill to Support Small Business Growth Passes House * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Representative Zach Nunn's (IA-03) bipartisan Encouraging Local Emerging Ventures and Economic Growth (ELEVATE) Act, legislation aimed at reducing regulatory barriers for small and mid-sized businesses seeking to raise capital through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). The   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on June 23, 2025: * * * Praise Pours in for Ernst Bill to Unleash Domestic Manufacturing WASHINGTON - Support continues to pour in from small manufacturers in Iowa and across the country for Senator Joni Ernst's (R-Iowa) Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act that doubles the loan limit for Small Business Administration (SBA) manufacturing loa  more