DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 10 -- The Des Moines Public Schools issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2025: * * * Board Approves Two-Year Contract for Interim Superintendent Smith Long-Time DMPS Leader Brings Experience and Stability to the District * The Des Moines School Board met this morning and approved a two-year contract for Matt Smith to serve as interim superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools through the 2026-27 school year. Smith has served as associate superintendent since  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on Oct. 8, 2025: * * * Ernst Advances Trump SBA IG Nominee Out of Committee Today, Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) led the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship in advancing President Trump's nominee William Kirk for Inspector General of the Small Business Administration (SBA) by a vote of 10-9. Last month during his confirmation hear more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Advances Trump SBA IG Nominee Out of Committee * WASHINGTON - Today, Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) led the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship in advancing President Trump's nominee William Kirk for Inspector General of the Small Business Administration (SBA) by a vote of 10-9. Last month during his confirmation hearing, Ernst touted Kirk's strong credentials and commitment to hold more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Celebrates Trump's Historic Middle East Peace Deal * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement celebrating President Trump's historic Middle East peace deal. "President Trump is the peace president. This historic deal not only brings the hope of prosperity to a region that has been ravaged by Iran-backed terror but establishes steps towards lasting peace. "Tw more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Staats Awards Throughout this Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa's 99 counties. * 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: Staats Awards of Henry County more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Ernst Exposes Schumer's Shutdown Shenanigans Costing Taxpayers $400 Million Per Day * WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is exposing the true cost of Schumer's Shutdown Shenanigans after requesting a full accounting from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. Every workday that the government is closed because of Democrats' political games, taxpayers will  more PR

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 9 -- The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2025: * * * With Tallgrass Carbon Sequestration Pipeline Operational, Iowa Loses "Crown" as Best Place to Produce Corn Ethanol With the commencement of CO2 shipments on the Tallgrass Trailblazer pipeline last week, which carries CO2 from several plants located in Nebraska to a sequestration site in Wyoming, Iowa has officially lost its "crown" as the best place in the world to pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2025: * * * Iowa Sheriff Robert Rotter Nominated to be U.S. Marshal for Iowa's Northern District Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today endorsed Iowan Robert Rotter's nomination to serve as the U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa. "I'm proud to endorse Robert Rotter to be U.S. Marsha more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Iowa Sheriff Robert Rotter Nominated to be U.S. Marshal for Iowa's Northern District * WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today endorsed Iowan Robert Rotter's nomination to serve as the U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa. "I'm proud to endorse Robert Rotter to be U.S. Marshal for Iowa's Northern District," Grassley s more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 9 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Iowa's Taxpayer Relief Fund can help Georgia taxpayers * Georgia has made progress in recent years on lowering its income tax rate. The current 5.19% flat tax rate is scheduled to be lowered to 4.99% using revenue triggers. In order to become even more economically competitive in the region and to allow taxpayers to keep more of their hard-earned income, policymakers must not become comp more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2025: * * * Judiciary Committee Advances Judicial Nominations for Seventh Circuit and Four District Courts, Along with Nominations for the Director of National Drug Control Policy and Five U.S. Attorneys The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations: * Rebecca L. Taibleson, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy, Senate Republican colleagues introduce resolution on second anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks * WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined a bipartisan resolution led by Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) condemning Hamas for killing dozens of Americans and taking many others hostage on the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel. more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * KU researchers part of project to create Midwest STEM Alliance By Mike Krings Researchers at the University of Kansas have secured a National Science Foundation grant to create a Midwest STEM Alliance designed to elevate science education in rural elementary schools. NSF has provided a $5 million, five-year grant to researchers at KU, Northern Iowa University, Iowa State University and the Univer more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks Leading Fight to Pay Troops During Democrat Government Shutdown * IOWA - Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), a 24-year Army Veteran, is leading legislation (link is external) in Congress to ensure troops continue receiving pay during the government shutdown. "Thousands of military families are living paycheck to paycheck while selflessly defending our country and t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement on Oct. 9, 2025, at an executive business meeting on judicial and executive nominees: * * * On today's agenda, we have seventeen nominations listed; we'll vote on eleven of them. We'll vote on Rebecca Taibleson to be a circuit judge and on David Bragdon, Lindsey Ann Freeman, Matthew Orso and Susan Courtwright Rodriguez to be district judges in North Caroli more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following floor remarks on Oct. 8, 2025, on the nomination of professor Jennifer Mascott to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: * * * Today, we're going to move to our first vote on Professor Jennifer Mascott's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Court. I want to take a few minutes to express my support for her nomination and to urge my colleagu more PR