DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 11 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Air quality permits for review, published 12/11/2025 * 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 o more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 11 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * County requirements to signup for evaluating animal confinement sites * DES MOINES Counties interested in evaluating construction permits for proposed animal feeding facilities must adopt a construction evaluation resolution. County boards of supervisors may approve the resolutions at any time, but must submit resolutions between January 1 and 31, 2026. On average, over 85% of the more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Democrats Block Ernst Effort to Return Unused COVID Dollars to Taxpayers * WASHINGTON - Today, Democrats blocked Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Joni Ernst's (R-Iowa) bill to claw back billions of unused COVID dollars and return them to taxpayers. Ernst's Returning Unspent COVID Funds Act identifies $65.5 billion currently sitting in outdated COVID slush funds that should be returned to the American people in more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Cracks Down on Fraud-Filled Small Business Programs * WASHINGTON - During today's Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing, Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) detailed how taxpayer-funded programs designed to help small businesses have become magnets for fraud by highlighting concerning examples of fraud in COVID relief programs and the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program tha more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Secures Future of 185th Air Refueling Wing by Passing the National Defense Authorization Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) issued the following statement after voting for the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes language authorizing a runway repair and replacement, ADAL Aircraft Parking Apron, and a Warm-Up/Holding Pad at  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Votes to Lower Health Care Costs for Iowans * WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, voted for the Health Care Freedom for Patients Act to lower health care costs for Iowans. Democrats blocked the measure, which required 60 votes to advance, by a vote of 51-48. "Today, Republicans put forward a health care plan t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Urge USDA to Prioritize HPAI Poultry Vaccine Strategy * WASHINGT ON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined their colleagues in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to move forward with the USDA's avian flu vaccine strategy for poultry while encouraging a comprehensive, science-based approach. "We are wri more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Judiciary Committee Advances Four U.S. Attorneys and Three Judicial Nominations * WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations: * David Clay Fowlkes, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, by a vote of 15-7; * Nicholas Jon Ganjei, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, by a vote of 12- more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn Clean Water Amendment Passes House in Permitting Reform Package * WASHINGTON, D.C. Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) today secured passage of a clean water amendment as part of the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act, a bill to modernize outdated permitting rules under the Clean Water Act. Rep. Nunn's amendment creates a new pilot program empowering states to lead w more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 11 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Pre-register for MAC training by Dec. 30 for commercial applications * DES MOINES Beginning Jan. 8, 2026, commercial manure applicators can fulfill annual training for manure applicator certification (MAC) requirements at 73 locations in Iowa. Most locations offer training from 9 a.m. to noon, with doors opening at 8:30 a.m. "Be sure to pre-register by Dec. 30 with your county Ext more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Video: At Senate Hearing Seeking to Undermine ACA, Blumenthal Calls out Republicans for Refusing to Address Higher Health Care Costs * [WASHINGTON, DC] - Today at a hearing convened by Senate Republicans seeking to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, slammed Republicans  more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 11 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Winter land application limits begin in December * DES MOINES Dry conditions and warm weather provided an early harvest and manure application season. However, here are a few reminders if winter application is still necessary. Confinements with liquid manurerestrictions start Dec. 21 Runoff into streams is more likely to occur during winter manure application due to frozen groun more PR