WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Ernst Retirement Makes 2026 Midterm Map "Much More Favorable for Democrats" * "The loss of an incumbent in Iowa puts the potential outcome of a Democratic Senate for the remainder of Donald Trump's presidency on the table" "The White House privately tried and failed to persuade Ernst to run for reelection" In case you missed it, despite " months of lobbying " from her party  more

AMES, Iowa, Sept. 4 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Iowa State ideas, technology behind slow-release fertilizer startup An Iowa State University scientist and an Ames entrepreneur think they have a technology that could help keep nitrogen fertilizers on farm fields and away from waterways. That could improve human health by keeping nitrates - which can affect how blood carries oxygen, especially in babies - away from sources of drinking water. It could impro  more

AMES, Iowa, Sept. 4 (TNSjou) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Bio-oil made with corn stalks, wood debris could plug orphaned fossil fuel wells Filling abandoned oil and gas wells with bio-oil made from plant-based leftovers like corn stalks and forest debris could help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, returning carbon underground in deep shafts once used to extract it. The emerging practice, the focus of a recent study by an Iowa State University r  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * There's Something Happening in Iowa * Axios : "Republicans will be defending [...] House seats in a state where they got clobbered in Trump's first midterm election in 2018, losing three of Iowa's four seats." Last week, Iowa Democrats won a special election in a Trump +11 Iowa state senate district, an overperformance of 22 points for Democrats and the fourth straight Democratic  more