DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 30 -- The Iowa Department of Education issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: * * * "Nation's Report Card" shows encouraging progress in literacy, underscores Iowa's need for evidence-based mathematics support Iowa ranks 10th in the nation in 8th grade reading. Math rankings show the need for improved mathematics instruction, with Iowa ranking 30th for 4th graders and 23rd for 8th graders. DES MOINES -- The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress  more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 30 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Air quality permits for review, published 1/30/2025 DES MOINES - The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans' health and the air where we live. DNR's permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards. The public has the right and is encouraged to comment on dr more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 30 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Ken Paxton Calls on Costco to End Woke DEI Practices and Unlawful Discrimination Attorney General Ken Paxton sent an Iowa- and Kansas-led multistate letter to Costco demanding that the company fully repeal its discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion ("DEI") practices. Attorney General Paxton's letter follows President Trump's executive order encouraging "the Private  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Dentons, a law firm, issued the following news on Jan. 30, 2025: Dentons Davis Brown recently announced the election of three new shareholders in Des Moines, Iowa: Katie Gral, Civil Litigation; Kailey Blazek Naranjo, Immigration; and Logan Kraus, Employment Defense Litigation. Katie Gral specializes in complex civil litigation, with a primary focus on defense litigation. She represents businesses, municipalities, and insurance careers, across a broad spectrum of legal ma more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Jan. 31 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: Husch Blackwell served as outside transactional and regulatory counsel to Marshfield Clinic Health System in a merger with Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States. As a result, the combined system will serve patients and communities across the upper Midwest, including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 31 -- Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2025: Auditor of State Rob Sand today released a report on a special investigation of the Children and Families of Iowa for the period of April 1, 2015 through May 31, 2022. The special investigation was requested by Iowa Workforce Development officials as a result of concerns regarding certain financial transactions processed by the former CFI WIOA Title I Program Director, Ms. Jodi Spargur-T more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 30 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Jan. 29, 2025: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that he has joined 22 other state attorneys general in filing a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case Iowa Pork Producers Association v. Bonta. This case challenges California's Proposition 12, a law that imposes strict animal welfare regulations on pork producers across the country, regardless of  more PR