Federal Government

In an effort to expand equitable access to nature nationwide, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack came to Cedar Rapids Thursday to announce $6 million toward Cedar Rapids’ effort to reforest the city after the 2020 derecho. The city is among 385 recipients of $1.1 billion toward tree planting.

The impending impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, announced by U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday, received a show of support from Iowa’s all-Republican members of Congress, who said the inquiry will give House Republicans more tools to investigate the president and his family.

The lake, created in 1958 by damming the Iowa River as a flood-control measure, is slowly filling with silt and sand. Sedimentation reduces recreational opportunities and can harm water quality.

That administration published state-level data after announcing 10 prescription drugs whose costs it plans to negotiate for Medicare patients under a new federal law

The popular diabetes treatment Jardiance and the blood thinner Eliquis are among the first drugs that will be targeted for price negotiations in effort to cut Medicare costs.

The 45Z tax credit provides up $1 per gallon for domestic production of clean transportation fuels, which includes ethanol. One way ethanol plants can get the tax credits is to prove the corn they are using has a low carbon intensity score derived from the farmer’s practices, such as use of cover crops, reduced tillage and limiting nitrogen fertilizer application.

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