PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Virginia -- Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Virginia were 193,916, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 185,156, the U.S. Bure  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Silver Cross for Religious and Disability Discrimination * Lawsuit charges hospital denied reasonable accommodations for COVID vaccine CHICAGO - Silver Cross Hospital, based in New Lenox, Illinois, violated federal law when it failed to provide a reasonable accommodation to employees who requested to be exempt from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine because of religious and disa  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Leads Senate in Confirming Key Trump Nominee After Democrat Obstruction * WASHINGTON - After leading the fight against Democrat efforts to block a key Trump nominee, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) urged her colleagues to confirm Dr. Casey Mulligan to be the Chief Counsel of the Office of Advocacy at the Small Business Administration. After sh  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on Aug. 1, 2025: * * * Ernst Leads Senate in Confirming Key Trump Nominee After Democrat Obstruction After leading the fight against Democrat efforts to block a key Trump nominee, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) urged her colleagues to confirm Dr. Casey Mulligan to be the Chief Counsel of the   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- 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 boondog  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45997) on July 31, 2025, entitled "Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities - Structural Features and Function:" (Continued from Part 3 of 5) * * * Northern Great Plains Regional Authority The Northern Great Plains Regional Authority (NGPRA) was created by the 2002 farm bill./163 The NGPRA was created to address economic distress in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri (other than counties included   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSFR) -- A trust based in Des Moines, Iowa, has applied to the Federal Reserve to acquire voting shares of Gilman Investment Co., a bank holding company located in Oskaloosa, Iowa. This transaction would also give the trust an indirect stake in Citizens Savings Bank of Marshalltown, Iowa. The application was submitted by the Donald D. Arendt Qualified Terminable Interest Property Marital Trust I, with Donna Arendt of Oskaloosa serving as the trustee. The application is bein  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Questions Treasury Nominee on Biofuels, Wind and Solar Provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill * WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today questioned Treasury Department nominee Derek Theurer on the implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Grassley asked whether Theurer would advise the Treasury Depa  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2025: * * * House Republicans Issue Joint Statement on Trump Administration Ending Abortion Services at VA Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas), Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas), and Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.), release  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Grassley Joins Newsmax to Debrief His Release of the Durham Annex * WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined "The Record with Greta van Susteren" on Newsmax to discuss his successful work to declassify and release the formerly Classified Appendix ("Durham annex") to John Durham's 2023 Special Counsel report. The Durham annex exposed a reported Hilla  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy, Schmitt introduce resolution to mark one-year anniversary of assassination attempt against President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania * WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) and 24 bipartisan colleagues in introducing a resolution to mark the one-year anniversary of the assassination attempt against President Donal  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn Delivers Community Support Following Perry Facility Shutdown * DES MOINES, IA -- Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) today announced a series of investments in the Perry community from Tyson Foods following months of advocacy and coordination efforts. Tyson's commitments will provide direct support to local families, students, and first responders impacted by the company's decision to wind down operation  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Q&A: Employee Stock Ownership Plans * Q: What is an ESOP? A: An Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is a tax-advantaged retirement plan that allows business owners to sell shares of stock to their employees as part of an employee benefit plan. For many family-run small businesses that have invested their time and money into the company for generations, an ESOP is a beneficial tool for successi  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 1 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Wildfire smoke continues to impact air quality across Iowa * DES MOINES - Exceedances of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulates are expected today and tomorrow over most of the state. Smoke from wildfires in northwestern Canada has converged over Iowa and is expected to lead to fine particulate matter exceedances over most of the state today. The s  more