Train shipments of grain, fertilizer, lumber, produce and fuel will not come to a screeching halt on Friday, as a strike that could have idled freight and passenger trains across the state and country seems to have been averted -- for now.
Also, the state workforce agency has created a new division for working with businesses on employment issues
Democrat Mike Franken on Friday said Iowa voters need to reject partisan politics and gather around a unifying message that puts “country over party” and “people over politics.”
Iowa Republican U.S. Ashley Hinson said a viral White House tweet highlighting Republican lawmakers for criticizing student loan forgiveness after having much larger amounts of PPP loans forgiven makes a disingenuous comparison.
Vilsack was in Iowa and spoke at a roundtable with Rep. Cindy Axne Thursday
President Joe Biden, whose son Beau died of cancer years after deploying to Iraq, signed legislation Wednesday expanding federal health care services for veterans who served at bases where toxic smoke billowed from “burn pits.”
Iowa has no extreme risk protection order law, wherein law enforcement, family members or others can seek a court order to temporarily prevent someone deemed a threat from buying or possessing firearms.
President Joe Biden has proposed a three-month suspension of the 18-cent federal gas tax and called on states to enact their own.
The compromise would make the juvenile records of gun buyers under age 21 available when they undergo background checks. The suspects who killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo and 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde were both 18, and many of the attackers who have committed mass shootings in recent years have been young.
A Sioux City man who promised to behead President Joe Biden and predicted “blood in the streets” has pleaded guilty to a single charge and faces up to six months in prison for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
But it reduces previous ethanol-blending requirements due to a plunge in fuel demand during the coronavirus pandemic.
The administration announced the action as President Joe Biden considers broader student loan forgiveness for millions of Americans. As a candidate, Biden said he supports forgiving $10,000 in student loans for all borrowers. He later indicated that such action should come through Congress, but the White House has said he is considering whether to pursue it through executive action.
Republicans hold substantial advantages over Democrats on key economic indicators that are shaping the midterm election year, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
White House says the aid is expected to support Ukraine's needs for five months.
A recap of news from across the state of Iowa this week.
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