The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will narrow the definition of U.S. waterways — including wetlands, rivers and streams — that receive federal protections under the Clean Water Act.
A new congressional bill aims to improve fisheries and environmental quality in the Mississippi River basin with a federally funded commission.
The unions estimate about 7,000 federal employees live in Miller-Meeks' Southeastern Iowa congressional district, and about 20,000 live throughout the state.
The mass firing of federal employees since Trump took office in January is pushing out veterans who make up 30% of the nation's federal workforce.
An Iowa City building that houses a veterans affairs clinic, a military recruitment office, and a water science center for the U.S. Geological Survey could be sold by the federal government after the U.S. General Services Administration announced Tuesday it is determining the efficiency of the space.
Matt Whitaker, who was introduced for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as Trump’s NATO ambassador by U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, spoke more positively of NATO than have Trump and ally Elon Musk — who have questioned the value of the alliance to the United States.
President Donald Trump was poised to impose 25% taxes on imports from Canada and Mexico Tuesday and to double to 20% his levies on Chinese products. All three countries — America's top trading partners — are threatening retaliation.
More than a dozen recently fired USDA employees told Investigate Midwest the terminations have stalled irrigation projects, rural housing aid and efforts to combat invasive crop diseases. Remaining staff are overwhelmed, and farmers may not receive needed and timely help.
“Although several positions supporting HPAI (bird flu) were notified of their terminations over the weekend, we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters,” a statement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighter biosecurity.
At least two National Park Service employees in Iowa were abruptly fired last week amid President Donald Trump's ongoing purge of federal workers to limit government spending.
About two-thirds of Americans say the U.S. government is spending “too little” on Social Security and education, according to a January AP-NORC poll.
“It certainly does increase the level of uncertainty,” said Ernie Goss, an economist at Creighton University in Omaha. “This uncertainty manifests itself in areas such as purchasing farmland and agriculture equipment.”
She takes over as tariffs, deportations threaten agriculture.
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