WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Bohannan Silent on 25% Tax Hike * Bernie Bro Travis Terrell just came out in support of a 25% tax hike on Iowa families. By opposing the One Big Beautiful Bill, Bernie Bro Travis Terrell is pushing to make life more expensive with his socialist tax-and-spend agenda. Meanwhile, Christina Bohannan's nowhere to be found, sitting silent while Terrell stakes out the far-left lane in their mess  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 1 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * DNR seeks public input on threatened and endangered plant and animal species administrative rule revisions * The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking informal comment on the revision of the administrative rule for threatened and endangered plant and animal species. Executive Order 10 (EO10), signed by Governor Reynolds on January 10, 2023, requires all state agenci  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 1 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * DNR's annual goose banding is underway * The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is in the middle of its annual Canada goose banding effort across the state. Geese that nested and had young are currently flightless, allowing staff and volunteers to capture the waterfowl, collect some demographic information, and place a metal band on their leg before being released. "This is one  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 2 -- The Iowa Democratic Party issued the following statement on July 1, 2025: * * * IDP Chair Hart Issues Statement on Senate's Passage of Big, Bad Budget-Busting Bill The bill will put rural hospitals and nursing homes at risk of closing, raise energy and health care costs for Iowans, and give tax breaks to the ultra-rich * DES MOINES - Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart issued the following statement regarding Joni Ernst's vote to raise prices for working famili  more

AMES, Iowa, July 2 (TNSjou) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Invention improves 'gene gun,' targets efficiency gains in plant research AMES, Iowa - Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits. That technology, which loads genetic materials on tiny particles and uses high pressure to shoot them into plant cells, has presented challenges to plant s  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 1 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Secretary Naig to Present the Kaldenberg Family with the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award * # Eighth generation Monroe County crop and livestock farmers are leaders for Iowa agriculture locally and globally DES MOINES, Iowa (July 1, 2025) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig will present the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award to the Tim and Cindy Kaldenberg Family of Monroe  more