WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * Some thoughts on the gerrymandering wars Legally and geographically, Texas Republicans have a lot more room to maneuver than California Democrats. And look to Iowa to truly limit gerrymandering. By Michael Watson * Texas and California, states once so close that the star on California's state flag honors the Lone Star on Texas's flag (this is a true story), are fighting again. This ti  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following commentary on Aug. 13, 2025, to the Cedar Rapids Gazette: * * * Chairman Smith, Rep. Feenstra Op-Ed: Americans have been liberated from high taxes On Independence Day, as Americans were celebrating our nation's 249th birthday with fireworks, barbecues, and road trips, President Donald Trump liberated hardworking taxpayers from government bl  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 15 -- The Iowa Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * NEW DATA: Iowa has 3,600 fewer jobs than a year ago as wholesale inflation rises at highest level in three years Iowa Workforce development, National Bureau of Labor statistics, and Deere earnings all out Thursday * Des Moines - A slew of new economic data out Thursday painted a grim picture of Iowa's economy following a Nebraska Republican declaring last week that Iowa and Nebraska are in a "rec  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized an action to revise the Iowa State Implementation Plan (SIP), swapping out an older air construction permit for a modified one at Alter Metal Recycling in Council Bluffs. This change allows the recycling plant to adjust its silt load sampling frequency from a monthly to a quarterly basis, a change that was approved by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). The adjustment comes after the facility prov  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst, Trump Administration Announce Rollback of Green New Deal Diesel Regulations * RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler, and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins in announcing new regulatory guidance on Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) systems that is expected  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Helps Residents at Iowa Veterans Home Continue to Receive Social Security Benefits * HULL, IOWA -- Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) announced that his office helped secure an agreement between the Iowa Veterans Home and the Social Security Administration office in Marshalltown, ensuring that residents at the Iowa Veterans Home could change their direct deposit preferences over the ph  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Applauds Immigration Enforcement Efforts Following Enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill * BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - The One Big Beautiful Bill Act allocated significant federal funds to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), dramatically enhancing ICE's ability to safeguard American communities. The ICE funding was shepherded into law by the Senate Judiciary Committee, under the  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Applauds Immigration Enforcement Efforts Following Enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - The One Big Beautiful Bill Act allocated significant federal funds to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), dramatically enhancing ICE's ability to safeguard American communities. The ICE funding was shepherded into law by  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 14 -- The Iowa Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * Prices are on the Rise Trump's policies are causing staples like coffee and vegetables to skyrocket, and they're not slowing down * Des Moines - Inflation, an issue Iowa Republicans promised to fix on day one, is hurting Iowans' pocketbooks once again. The prices of nearly everything at the grocery store -- coffee, peanut butter, beef, fresh and frozen vegetables, candy, breakfa  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 14 -- The Iowa Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * What Do Republican Candidates For Governor Have to Say About IPERS and Teacher Pay? Do they believe in the cuts Reynolds' DOGE taskforce has proposed? * Des Moines - Reynolds' DOGE task force, modeled after Elon Musk's short-lived and unsuccessful original group, met last week to release their work. Instead of reviewing the state's $350 million voucher program or tax breaks for t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn, Cleaver Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Modernize USDA Programs and Preserve Affordable Housing in Rural Iowa * DES MOINES, IA -- Today, Representatives Zach Nunn (IA-03) and Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) introduced the bipartisan Rural Housing Service Reform Act to preserve affordable housing, improve program oversight, and expand access to safe homes for families, seniors, and workers across rural Iowa.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (TNSFR) -- The University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program (OSA BP) is proposing the reinterment of Native American human remains and funerary objects, following a notice of inventory completion. This action is in accord with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The OSA BP has determined that no lineal descendant or culturally affiliated tribe can be identified for these remains. The remains of at least 132 individuals w  more