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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for 2026-03-05 ( 19 items )  
Biophysical Society Selects Student Research Achievement Award Winners (10)
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, March 4 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Biophysical Society Selects Student Research Achievement Award Winners * BETHESDA, MD - The 35 winners of the annual Student Research Achievement Awards (SRAA) were recognized at the 70th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony on February 23, 2025. These students were selected by judges from the Society's Subgroups for their outstanding presentations during the pos more PR

Bronze bison coming to Morrill Hall for March 14 celebration (10)
LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 4 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Bronze bison coming to Morrill Hall for March 14 celebration * On March 14, three larger-than-life bronze bison statues created by Nebraska artist Gary Staab will pause their weeklong, cross-country journey from Colorado to the Smithsonian Institution with a visit to the University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the museum will host "The Bison Are Coming." Visitors will  more PR

ESPN presents championship collegiate wrestling this March with the 2026 NCAA men's and inaugural women's wrestling National Championships (10)
BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 4 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN presents championship collegiate wrestling this March with the 2026 NCAA men's and inaugural women's wrestling National Championships * ESPN will present both the 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Wrestling Championships and the inaugural NCAA Women's Wrestling Championships this month. The men's championship is live from Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, March 19-21, del more PR

Feenstra Mourns Loss of Army Reserve Sergeant Declan Coady from Iowa and Fellow Soldiers (10)
WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Mourns Loss of Army Reserve Sergeant Declan Coady from Iowa and Fellow Soldiers * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) issued the following statement mourning the loss of Army Reserve Sergeant Declan J. Coady of West Des Moines and the three fellow soldiers killed by an Iranian drone attack in Kuwait. "I want to share my deepest condolences to the family and loved on more PR

Grassley Statement on Fallen Members of Des Moines' 103rd Sustainment Command (10)
WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Statement on Fallen Members of Des Moines' 103rd Sustainment Command * WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding the Department of Defense's casualty announcement identifying four fallen Army Reserve soldiers who lost their lives in Kuwait amid Operation Epic Fury. All four soldiers belonged to the 103 rd Sustainment Command based in Des Moines more PR

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in a Multi-Species Backyard Flock in Buena Vista County (10)
DES MOINES, Iowa, March 4 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in a Multi-Species Backyard Flock in Buena Vista County * DES MOINES, Iowa (Mar. 4, 2026) - The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) in a multi- more PR

Iowa Renewable Fuels Association: Iowa Corn and Ethanol Leaders to DOE - E15 is the Answer to High Gas Prices (10)
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, March 4 -- The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association issued the following news release on March 3, 2026: * * * Iowa Corn & Ethanol Leaders to DOE: E15 is the Answer to High Gas Prices Iowa Corn Farmers and Ethanol Supporters Urge the Department of Energy to Push for Year-Round E15. * As U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright prepares for today's White House meeting to discuss high gas prices, Iowa's corn growers and renewable fuel leaders are offering a "no-brainer" solutio more PR

Klobuchar Statement on the Death of Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Amor of White Bear Lake (10)
WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar Statement on the Death of Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Amor of White Bear Lake * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar released the following statement on the death of Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, who died on March 1, 2026, in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait. Sergeant First Class Amor was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 103rd Sust more PR

Legendary national championship coach Lou Holtz passes away (10)
NOTRE DAME, Indiana, March 4 -- The University of Notre Dame posted the following news: * * * Legendary national championship coach Lou Holtz passes away * Lou Holtz, the legendary college football coach who led the University of Notre Dame to the 1988 National Championship, has passed away at the age of 89. One of the most affable coaches of his generation, Holtz won 249 games as a collegiate head coach with 100 of those victories earned at Notre Dame from 1986 through 1996. He led the Ir more PR

PBS KIDS Celebrates Amazing People & Places Across the U.S. with New Content to Mark America's 250th (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 4 [Category: BizMedia] -- PBS posted the following news release: * * * PBS KIDS Celebrates Amazing People & Places Across the U.S. with New Content to Mark America's 250th * Beginning in May, sweeping PBS KIDS Across America initiative features new series, specials, shorts, and playlists - from The Jim Henson Company's WOWSABOUT and GBH's AMERICA'S AWESOME KIDS to CITY ISLAND: USA!, XAVIER RIDDLE CELEBRATES AMERICAN HEROES, and more Arlington, VA, March 4, 2026 - more PR

Private equity targets Americans with intellectual disabilities for profit, threatening care (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, March 4 [Category: Business] -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news: * * * Private equity targets Americans with intellectual disabilities for profit, threatening care * Private equity interest in providers of services for the nearly 10 million people in the United States with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD) poses a significant shift in the operation of critical support for this population at varying levels of healthcare. This more PR

Punchbowl News: "Hegseth to stump for Nunn as Iran war rages" (10)
WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Punchbowl News: "Hegseth to stump for Nunn as Iran war rages" * New York Times : "The event, on behalf of Representative Zach Nunn, who is facing a potentially competitive re-election race, comes as the secretary has signaled he expects more U.S. casualties in the broadening regional conflict." Punchbowl News and the New York Times report that Zach Nunn is advertising a " campaig more PR

Sanchez introduces bill to renew Trade Adjustment Assistance, help displaced workers (10)
WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Linda T. Sanchez, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sanchez introduces bill to renew Trade Adjustment Assistance, help displaced workers * WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sanchez (D-Calif.) today introduced the Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization Act, a bill to renew the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, which Congress allowed to lapse in 2022. Video of today's bill introduction press conferenc more PR

Second Iowan identified among Army Reserve Soldiers killed in Kuwait (10)
DES MOINES, Iowa, March 4 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Second Iowan identified among Army Reserve Soldiers killed in Kuwait * The U.S. Department of War has announced that Major Jeffrey O'Brien, 45, of Waukee, Iowa, is among the six Army Reserve soldiers killed when Iran struck Port Shuaiba in Kuwait on March 1, 2026. All soldiers were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command in Des Moines, Iowa. Major O'Brien is the second Iowan to be identified. more PR

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine Hold a Press Briefing (10)
WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following transcript: * * * Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine Hold a Press Briefing * SECRETARY HEGSETH: Well, good morning. I stand before you today with one unmistakable message about Operation Epic Fury: America is winning decisively, devastatingly and without mercy. Under the direct command of President Trump, the War Department unleashed this operation early Saturday morning more PR

Senate Passes Ernst Updates to Put Small Businesses First in America's Innovation Program (10)
WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Passes Ernst Updates to Put Small Businesses First in America's Innovation Program * WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Senator Joni Ernst's (R-Iowa) major reforms to better safeguard and steward our nation's research and development dollars in the SBIR-STTR programs. Even though the SBIR-STTR programs  more PR

Tired minds, unreliable evidence (10)
AMES, Iowa, March 4 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Tired minds, unreliable evidence * AMES, Iowa - It's late at night inside a cramped interrogation room. The suspect being questioned may have come straight from working a double shift or maybe they've been sitting at the police station for hours. Exhausted, it's hard to think clearly, and they just want this conversation to end. Scenarios like this aren't uncommon in the criminal justice system, said Zl more PR

UPDATE IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Fallen Heroes (10)
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, March 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * UPDATE IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Fallen Heroes * FORT BRAGG, N.C. - UPDATE: The Department of War has announced the identity of a 5th U.S. Army Reserve soldier who died March 1st while supporting Operation Epic Fury. The soldiers, who were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command, Des Moines, Iowa, died in Kuwait at the Port of Shuaiba, during an unmanned aircraft system attack. The incident is u more PR

Where champions are crowned: ESPN networks deliver comprehensive 2025-26 NCAA Winter Championships coverage in March and April (10)
BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 4 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * Where champions are crowned: ESPN networks deliver comprehensive 2025-26 NCAA Winter Championships coverage in March and April * * ESPN will deliver 650+ hours of live coverage across 20 NCAA Championships this winter * Multiple NCAA selection specials set for men's and women's basketball, men's and women's ice hockey and women's gymnastics * Championship covera more PR