WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release: * * * Ernst, Miller-Meeks, Loeffler Tout Importance of Driving Innovation in the Heartland CORALVILLE, IA - U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), and Small Businesses Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler toured Perspective Therapeutics, one   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living issued the following news: * * * Expansion of the Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center Technical Assistance Program * The National Council on Aging, (link is external) in partnership with ACL, has announced the next round of states and territories selected to participate in the Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center's Technical Assistance Program. Eighteen teams will receive tail  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Ricketts, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Celebrating 20th Anniversary of the Renewable Fuel Standard * BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and a bipartisan group of senators to introduce a bipartisan resolution celebrating the 20 th ann  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 11 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report * # Aug. 4 - 10, 2025 DES MOINES, Iowa (Aug. 11, 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 we  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 12 -- The Iowa Department of Education issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Iowa Department of Education announces a new $850,000 grant opportunity to support high schoolers' attainment of computer science credentials The Iowa Department of Education today announced that $850,000 in competitive grant funding is available to Iowa school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to align computer science programs, including career and technical educa  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 12 -- The Iowa Department of Education issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Iowa Department of Education awarded nearly $500,000 in AmeriCorps funding to support postsecondary access and success Funding supports more than 80 AmeriCorps members serving as postsecondary education coaches in communities across Iowa * The Iowa Department of Education announced that it was awarded nearly $500,000 in competitive federal AmeriCorps funding through the Vo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Tours Local Businesses, Universities, and Community Organizations Across Eastern Kansas * Manhattan - Last week, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), visited local businesses, universities, and community organizations across Northeast Kansas to engage with Kansans and see firsthand the work they are doing to better their communities. His stops included the Dairy Farmers of  more