WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. SEHSD-WP2025-15) on Sept. 22, 2025, entitled "Understanding Disasters Through Federal Data:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Recovery FEMA Individual Assistance (IA) Applicants To this point, we have focused on the larger scope of Helene's path and all the areas that were a presidentially declared disaster area. Now, the analysis will begin to focus on the nearly 21 million people that lived i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Cracks Down on Bureaucrats Collecting Multiple Paychecks * WASHINGTON - Continuing her work to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in Washington, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is going after bureaucrats who are gaming the system by holding multiple taxpayer-funded government jobs at once without doing the work. To shut down this blatant abuse, Ernst is introducing the Dismantling Double Dippers   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Bannor Toys * 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: Bannor Toys of Boone County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans torecognize a small business in each of Iowa's 99 counties. "Since 2011, Bannor Toys has been filling toy boxes all over the cou  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (PS Docket No. 23-237; WT Docket 02-378) on Sept. 23, 2025: * * * The Region 15 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive virtual meetings Thursday, October 9, 2025. Beginning at 1:30 PM (CDT) the Region 15 700 MHz RPC will convene via Microsoft Teams. The Region 15 800 MHz RPC meeting will convene immediately follow  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 23 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * The Friends of Cedar Rock awarded REAP/HRDP grant for restoration project * INDEPENDENCE - The Friends of Cedar Rock have been selected as a recipient of an Iowa Historical Resource Development Program (HRDP) grant for Fiscal Year 2026. The grant, totaling $50,000, was awarded for masonry work and wall restoration at the historic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house at Cedar Rock Stat  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 23 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Getting Along with Your Fuzzy and Feathery Neighbors * I love watching the bats fly down the street and around our trees in the evening. What I didn't love, however, is hearing them in our ceilings and flying through our house. So, once the time was right (the pups were able to fly), I took action and used a one-way exclusion to make sure all the bats left, and then followed up by   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan REPO Implementation Act to Repurpose Russian Assets and Support Ukraine * BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) to introduce the REPO Implementation Act of 2025. The bipartisan legislation would repurpose frozen Russian sovereign as  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48717) on Sept. 19, 2025, entitled "Judicial Review and the National Environmental Policy Act" by legislative attorney Kristen Hite. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is one of the most frequently litigated federal environmental statutes. NEPA is also one of the most broadly applicable federal environmental statutes, with over 100,000 actions take  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 23 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * McCoy Wildlife Area has large impact on conservation * Sandwiched between Ledges State Park and the Saylorville Wildlife Area in Boone County, the 562-acre McCoy Wildlife Area is often either overlooked or mistaken for being part of the popular state park. Drawing many of its visitors from Ledges who experience McCoy by walking its nearly mile-long maintenance lane past hayfields  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 23 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Remnant prairie returning to hills of Lake Rathbun * South Fork Wildlife Area is roughly 6-7,000 acres of grassland, mature timber, early successional habitat and wetlands and restored wetlands - and - as it turns out - a small remnant prairie, on the south side of Lake Rathbun. The remnant prairie was found on a remote part of the public area, but access was difficult, so the di  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Miller-Meeks Backs Efforts to Expand AI-Driven Eye Exams for Diabetics in Rural America * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), an ophthalmologist and longtime champion of healthcare innovation, applauded language included in the FY26 House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Report that promotes autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) for expanding d  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 23 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Secretary Naig Welcomes Grant Applications for Urban Water Quality Projects * # Cost-share grants leverage significant local public and private investments # to improve water quality as part of Iowa's Nutrient Reduction Strategy DES MOINES, Iowa (Sept. 23, 2025) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Ste  more