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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Tuesday September 16, 2025 ( 5 items )  

Feenstra Secures 12 Military Medals and Accolades for Father and Son-in-Law Duo from Franklin County
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Secures 12 Military Medals and Accolades for Father and Son-in-Law Duo from Franklin County * HULL, IOWA - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) announced that his office helped secure 12 medals, pins, and accolades for the late Roy Spangenberg and the late Arvin Stadtlander - a father and son-in-law duo - from Franklin County. Delores Stadtlander accepted the medals on behalf of Roy, h  more

Iowa Hospital Association Urge CMS to Reassess Medicare Payment Policies Amid Financial Strain
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Iowa Hospital Association (IHA) has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), urging the agency to reexamine its proposed payment policies that could severely impact the financial health of hospitals across Iowa. Representing 123 hospitals in the state, including 33 prospective payment system hospitals, the IHA bases its comments on the economic contributions and community service that Iowa hospitals provide amidst escala  more

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) Leaps into Top 10, Grand View (Iowa) Remains No. 1 in NAIA Football Top 25
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 15 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) Leaps into Top 10, Grand View (Iowa) Remains No. 1 in NAIA Football Top 25 * KANSAS CITY, Mo. \- Grand View (Iowa) collected all 16 first-place votes and is the unanimous No. 1 in the first regular-season edition of the 2025 Netting Professionals NAIA Top 25 Coaches' Poll, starting its season with wins over now-No. 3 Benedic  more

Loring's 203 yards, 3 TDs in WPU's Win at No. 16 Baker Good for NAIA Weekly Offensive Honors
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 15 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Loring's 203 yards, 3 TDs in WPU's Win at No. 16 Baker Good for NAIA Weekly Offensive Honors * KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Destynd Loring carried 26 times for 206 yards and three scores, Saturday, helping William Penn (Iowa) upset No. 16 Baker (Kan.), earning NAIA Offensive Player of the Week honors for Sept. 15. Loring, a senior from Charleston, S.C.,  more

LWV of Iowa, One Iowa file Brief Against Discriminatory Anti-LGBTQIA+ Law in Schools
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * LWV of Iowa, One Iowa file Brief Against Discriminatory Anti-LGBTQIA+ Law in Schools * ST. LOUIS -- The League of Women Voters of Iowa (LWVIA) and One Iowa filed an amicus brief on Friday in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit supporting a partial preliminary injunction against provisions of SF496. First signed in 2023, the law restricts books on LGBTQIA+ su  more