WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * Amidst Water Crisis, EPA Rescinds Iowa Impaired Waters Listings * Central Iowa's major urban drinking water supplies are dangerously contaminated with high levels of toxic nitrates, routinely in excess of federal safety thresholds Des Moines, IA -- Today, news broke that EPA has rescinded its November 2024 decision to add seven new impaired waterways to Iowa Department of Natural Re  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * At Iowa State Fair, EPA Administrator Zeldin Announces Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) Fix * EPA Issues Guidance to Address Derates, Power Loss Concerns Raised by American Farmers, Truckers, and Equipment Operators Without Compromising Environmental Standards DES MOINES - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced new action to protect American farmers, t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Dutchman's Store * RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Dutchman's Store of Van Buren County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa's 99 counties. "Since 1985, Dutchman's Store has been a staple o  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Dutchman's Store Throughout this Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa's 99 counties. * RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Dutchman's Store of Van Bu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued 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 of Iowa's most successful small businesses that leveraged fundin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Administrator Zeldin in Des Moines Register: Diesel engine operators can exhale with EPA's new DEF guidance * WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler published an op-ed in the Des Moines Register today during their trip to Iowa detailing how the Trump administration is addr  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 12 -- The Iowa Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Republicans' Plan To Cut Teacher Pay Iowa's education system is struggling. This plan will make it harder for Iowa to attract new teachers. * Des Moines - Kim Reynolds' DOGE task force met last week, which should have resulted in ideas on how Iowa can find waste, fraud, and abuse. Instead, they came up with a fair number of bad ideas. One of the worst ideas the board, whic  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 13 -- The Iowa Association of Business and Industry issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2025: * * * Eight Scholarships Awarded for Manufacturing Training Across Iowa DES MOINES, Iowa - Elevate Iowa, a program of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) Foundation, has awarded eight $500 scholarships to recent Iowa high school graduates who are pursuing manufacturing-related education at one of Iowa's 15 community colleges. The scholarships are par  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Aug. 13 -- The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2025: * * * Iowa Educator Molly Fritz Named Member of National Institute for Excellence in Teaching's Prestigious 2026 Fellows Program DES MOINES, IA (August 12, 2025) -- NIET is proud to unveil the finalists for the 2026 NIET Fellows cohort, launching a dynamic one-year program to help selected educators deepen their knowledge of NIET's systems of improvement t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: * * * SBA and EPA Announce New Guidance To Ease Diesel Exhaust Mandates for Small Businesses * DES MOINES -- Today, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin in Des Moines, Iowa to announce (Link is external) new action to protect American farmers, truckers, and diesel equipment operators from sudden  more