WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-1527) on Dec. 2, 2025, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnoever - August 2025": * * * Job openings rates increased in 2 states in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires rates decreased in 1 state. Total separations rates decreased in 6 states and increased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 2 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * DNR announces 2026 Land and Water Conservation Fund grant cycle * Iowa's cities and counties can now apply for funding through the Land and Water Conservation Fund grant program, which provides financial support for outdoor recreation projects at the local level. The grant cycle is open Dec. 1, 2025 through March 6, 2026. Created by Congress in 1964 and administered in Iowa by the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, 3C Roofing & Construction * 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: 3C Roofing & Construction of Crawford County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in each of Iowa's 99 counties. "The folks at 3C Roofing & Constructio  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 2 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in a Commercial Turkey Flock in Hamilton County * DES MOINES, Iowa (Dec. 2, 2025) - The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) in a commercial turk  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-337) on the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38), which aims to amend Title 18 of the U.S. Code to allow a nonresident of a state to carry a concealed firearm in that state if they are legally allowed to do so in their home state. The report was advanced by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Oct. 3, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Recipro  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-344) on the Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act (H.R. 1336), which aims to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to a veteran who has a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder. The report was advanced by Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, on Oct. 17, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 133  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * MEDIA ADVISORY: Welch to Travel to Nebraska and Iowa to Speak with Farmers, Rural Communities About Trade War and Rural Health Care * NEBRASKA and IOWA U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Agriculture Committee, will travel to Nebraska and Iowa this week to discuss the Trump Administration's trade war and attack on rural health care. On Friday, Senat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks Leads Effort to Protect Children Online with the SPY Kids Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) is leading the national effort to safeguard children and teens online through H.R. 6273, the Stop Profiling Youth and Kids (SPY Kids) Act, comprehensive legislation that prohibits major online platforms from conducting market or product-focused research  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise Highlights House Republicans' Work to Reduce Regulations, Protect Students and Student-Athletes * Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and Congressman Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) to discuss House Republicans' work to safeguard small businesses fr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise Highlights House Republicans' Work to Reduce Regulations, Protect Students and Student-Athletes * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and Congressman Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) to discuss House Republicans' work to safeguard small businesses fr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Nunn Joins GOP Leadership, Calls Out CCP Influence in Iowa Schools * WASHINGTON, D.C. Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) joined Speaker Johnson, Leader Scalise, Whip Emmer, and Chairwoman McClain today to call out Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence in America's K-12 schools. The announcement comes as the House prepares to advance legislation that would prevent foreign adversaries from infiltratin  more