WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Another Far-Left Democrat Enters the Mess in IA-03 * In Iowa's Third Congressional District, the Democrat drama just hit a new level. Far-left progressive Xavier Carrigan has jumped into the primary, joining Jennifer Konfrst and Sarah Trone Garriott in a race to see who can be the "Most Out of Touch Democrat." Carrigan's entrance only adds to the chaos, as Konfrst and Trone Garriott are   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Bohannan & Terrell: Silent Partners in Radical DEI Scheme * Two bombshell reports are out proving that the University of Iowa is actively thwarting the law to promote radical DEI initiatives. These taxpayer-funded indoctrination programs divide students, and under the Biden administration, it cost taxpayers one billion dollars. Instead of standing up for taxpayers or condemning their emp  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 1 -- The Iowa Democratic Party issued the following news on July 31, 2025: * * * BREAKING: Joni Ernst Votes Against Congressional Stock Trading Ban Ernst continues to cash in on access while Iowa families struggle to keep up * DES MOINES - Yesterday, Senator Joni Ernst voted against a bipartisan bill to ban congressional stock trading, allowing her to continue profiting off her position in public office while Iowans work harder than ever to make ends meet. Just weeks  more

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Aug. 1 -- Briar Cliff University issued the following news on July 31, 2025: * * * Briar Cliff Launches Centennial Documentary Project with Support from The Gilchrist Foundation (Sioux City, Iowa - July 31, 2025) Briar Cliff University is proud to announce the launch of a new centennial documentary project, A Most Unlikely Place: A Century of Faith, Service, and Learning, which will chronicle the University's remarkable 100-year history. The project is beginning its initial   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Bipartisan Bills Exposing Boondoggles and Secret Spending Advance out of Committee Unanimously * WASHINGTON - A pair of U.S. Senator Joni Ernst's (R-Iowa) bills to expose billion dollar boondoggles and secret spending in Washington advanced unanimously out of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. "Today is a great day for taxpayers and a horrific day for waste and sh  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Explosive Ernst Report Exposes Government Boondoggles $160 Billion Over Budget * WASHINGTON - After her years of advocacy led to the defunding of the California Crazy Train, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is releasing an explosive new report exposing other taxpayer-funded projects that are billions of dollars over budget or more than five years behind schedule. Her report details how the worst boondo  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Following Her Advocacy, Ernst Praises USDA Moving Closer to Heartland * WASHINGTON - Following her work exposing out-of-office bureaucrats and advocating for D.C. headquarters to be moved out of the beltway bubble, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) praised Secretary Rollins' major announcement to reorganize the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). During today's Senate Committee on Agriculture hearing  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Helps Reinstate FBI Whistleblower, Delivers Keynote Address During National Whistleblower Appreciation Day * WASHINGTON - At the National Whistleblower Day celebration on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced he has succeeded in reinstating a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) whistleblower's clearance and employment with the agency. This is the sixth whistle  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Questions Senior USDA Official on Reorganization Proposal * WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, submitted questions for the record to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden following a committee hearing on USDA's reorganization proposal Wednesday. In his questions, Grassley as  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Grassley Joins America's Newsroom to Discuss His Release of the Durham Annex * WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined "America's Newsroom" on Fox News to discuss his successful efforts to secure the declassification and release of the formerly Classified Appendix ("Durham annex") to John Durham's 2023 Special Counsel report. The Durham anne  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Grassley Joins America's Newsroom to Discuss His Release of the Durham Annex "The Durham annex proves there was an attempt to stop President Trump [in 2016], and the FBI had a hand in it." * Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined "America's Newsroom" on Fox News to discuss his successful efforts  more

AMES, Iowa, July 31 (TNSjou) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Tracking Gulf of Maine acidity, outlook for commercial shellfisheries AMES, Iowa - The Gulf of Maine - home to commercial fisheries for oysters, clams and mussels - has unexpectedly avoided an increase in seawater acidity, helping to preserve the health of its fisheries. "Contrary to expectation," a team of scientists wrote in a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, the Gulf of Maine's  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, July 31 [Category: BizWater] -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, posted the following news release: * * * Iowa Utilities Commission Approves New Rates for Iowa American Water * DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 30, 2025) - On July 15, 2025, the Iowa Utilities Commission (IUC) issued an Order that approved the Company's compliance filing and makes new rates that result from the IUC's Final Decision and Order effective August 1, 2025. The company filed its rate review wi  more

ANKENY, Iowa, July 31 -- The National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers issued the following news: * * * Navigating a Shifting Landscape: Q2 2025 SCOPE Report Summary The SCOPE Q2 2025 Report offers a vital window into the current state of the shooting sports industry, where macroeconomic pressures are weighing on performance but also presenting unique opportunities for distributors and manufacturers. While shipments are down across firearms, ammunition, and optics, businesses that an  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Newly Declassified Appendix to Durham Report Sheds Additional Light on Clinton Campaign Plan to Falsely Tie Trump to Russia and FBI's Failure to Investigate * WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today is making public the formerly Classified Appendix ("Durham annex") to John Durham's 2023 Special Counsel report. The Unclassified Report and the Classified Appe  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Newly Declassified Appendix to Durham Report Sheds Additional Light on Clinton Campaign Plan to Falsely Tie Trump to Russia and FBI's Failure to Investigate Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today is making public the formerly Classified Appendix ("Durham annex") to John Durham's 2023 Special Counsel report. The  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen U.S.-Taiwan Defense Collaboration * DES MOINES, IA -- Representatives Zach Nunn (IA-03) and Jill Tokuda (HI-02) today introduced the United States-Taiwan Defense Innovation Partnership Act, bipartisan legislation to accelerate defense technology collaboration between the United States and Taiwan in response to ongoing aggression from the Chinese Communist Part  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 (TNSFR) -- The University of Tennessee Knoxville campus Department of Anthropology and the University of Kansas have completed inventories of ancestral human remains and associated funerary objects and are preparing for their repatriation to Native American tribes. These actions align with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The institutions have determined a cultural affiliation exists between the remains and objects and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and   more