ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 30 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators posted the following news: * * * AAMVA Visits Iowa DOT * Holly Merz, AAMVA's National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) Junk, Salvage & Insurance (JSI) Senior Program Analyst, spent the day with Traci Sharr, the Motor Vehicle County Liaison on the Vehicle Information Partners Team at the Iowa Department of Transportation. The visit offered Holly   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * Bayer Spends More On 2025 Iowa Lobbying Than Any Year On Record * Bayer has spent over $200K in Iowa since introducing the unpopular Cancer Gag Act to shield pesticide corporations from health related lawsuits Amid fierce opposition to the Cancer Gag Act, new state lobbying declaration records released this week reveal that Bayer spent more on lobbying in 2025 than any other year on  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Award to City of Red Oak, Iowa, for Brownfields Assessment Grant Selection * LENEXA, KAN. (JULY 30, 2025) - Today, at the Red Oak fire station in Red Oak, Iowa, EPA Region 7 Land, Chemical, and Redevelopment Division Director DeAndre Singletary presented a $500,000 award to the City of Red Oak for their selection to receive a Brownfields Assessment Grant. Singletary  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Applauds President Trump for Signing Legislation to Keep Veterans in their Homes * HULL, IOWA - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) issued the following statement praising President Trump for signing into law the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act : "I thank President Trump for signing into law the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, which will help keep veterans in their homes and alleviat  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Introduces Legislation to Protect Solvency of Social Security for Iowa Seniors * HULL, IOWA - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) introduced the Save Our Seniors Act, which would help protect the long-term solvency of Social Security by requiring the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to include the honest projection of its financial health in its annual ten-year economic outlook. "Aft  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * Grassley, Crawford Call on Director Patel to Review Untapped Information Ignored by FBI in Clinton Email Investigation * Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) recently sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Directo  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley: Exhaustive Efforts to Vet Emil Bove's Nomination Prove He's Fit for the Job * WASHINGTON - Ahead of the Senate's vote on the nomination of Emil Bove to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released an exhaustive overview of his work to thoroughly vet Bove's nomination in light of three whistleblower allegation  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Democrats Prepare to Hit Republicans on Medicaid in Senate Battlegrounds [NOTUS] * On the 60th anniversary of Medicaid, DSCC released a new fact sheet holding Senate Republicans accountable for their attacks on Medicaid Today, on the 60th anniversary of Medicaid being signed into law, Democrats are holding Senate Republicans accountable for their toxic plan to strip roughly 1  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Expand Clean Water Access, Replace Toxic Lead Pipes * DES MOINES, IA -- Representatives Zach Nunn (IA-03) and Emilia Sykes (OH-13) today introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that federal funding for lead pipe replacement reaches the communities that need it most. The Safe Drinking Water for Disadvantaged Communities Act would require that the $15 billion allocated  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * One Year of Republicans' Extreme Abortion Ban in Iowa New reporting from the Des Moines Register highlights how Iowa women and families have paid the price in the year since Governor Kim Reynolds and Iowa Republicans enacted one of the most extreme and dangerous abortion bans in the nation that affects most pregnant women before they know they are pregnant. The near-total abortion ban, which was chee  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Democrat Blocks Five Bipartisan Local Law Enforcement Bills * WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) on the Senate floor to request unanimous passage of seven bipartisan law enforcement bills, which were passed out of the Judiciary Committee by a unanimous voice vote in May as part of Police Week. Sen. C  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * Senate Democrat Blocks Five Bipartisan Local Law Enforcement Bills Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) on the Senate floor to request unanimous passage of seven bipartisan law enforcement bills, which were passed out of the Judiciary Committee by a unanimous voice  more

DUBUQUE, Iowa, July 31 -- The University of Dubuque issued the following news release: * * * Wendt Center's Transformative Journey to Infuse Character Across Campus Continues with $355,150 Grant DUBUQUE, Iowa - A new grant will allow the University of Dubuque's Wendt Center to continue its transformative journey in expanding its reach, inclusivity, and impact to more effectively implement a campus-wide culture of character. The $355,150 Educating Character Initiative (ECI) 2025 Institutional  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Whistleblowers Laud Grassley's Advocacy for Transparency and Accountability * WASHINGTON - On National Whistleblower Day, whistleblowers helped by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) expressed their gratitude for his tireless advocacy. Grassley is the co-founder and co-chair of the Whistleblower Protection Caucus. In March, the Department of Treasury promoted Internal Revenue Se  more