DES MOINES, Iowa, June 19 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Reynolds appoints Director of Iowa Department of Health and Human Services * Gov. Reynolds has accepted the resignation of Iowa Health and Human Services Director Larry Johnson, whose confirmation was blocked by Iowa Senate Democrats in April for partisan political reasons, and has appointed Kraig Paulsen, Director of the Iowa Department of Management, to also serve as Director of Iowa HHS at the pleasure of the governor. "This is not the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The International Food Policy Research Institute issued the following news release: * * * IFPRI's Liangzhi You named among World Food Prize Foundation's 2026 Top Agri-food Pioneers The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is pleased to congratulate Liangzhi You, Senior Research Fellow and theme leader in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, on being named one of the 2026 Top Agri-food Pioneers (TAP) by the World Food Prize Foundation. Now in its third year, the 2026 TAP list recognizes 40 exceptiona more PR

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn Announces $500,000 Investment to Rebuild White Pole Road in Guthrie County * STUART, IA - Congressman Zach Nunn (IA-03) on Thursday joined Guthrie County officials, City of Stuart leaders, and regional economic development partners in Stuart to announce a $500,000 federal investment to rebuild an 11.5-mile stretch of White Pole Road -a farm-to-market and freight corridor that the region's farmers, families, and emergency responders rely on every day more PR