IOWA CITY, Iowa, July 10 -- The University of Iowa College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Aerospace hub initiative leverages University of Iowa flight-test capabilities, could create opportunities to stay in Iowa As Christopher Wenger built a career in aerospace in Iowa, he faced a decision common among engineers: stay in Iowa or head for one of the nation's established aerospace hubs. Wenger, of Cedar Rapids, is grateful he found a path that let him build a career here. He works full time as a software engineer for BAE Sys more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 9 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Announces $36.5 Million Multistate Settlement with CVS for Allegedly Over-Dispensing Insulin Pens * BOSTON -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, in collaboration with the U.S Department of Justice and a bipartisan coalition of 35 other state attorneys general, today announced a $36.5 million multistate settlement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (CVS) to resolve allegations that the company knowingly more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 9 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson pushes federal government to further crackdown on illegal robocalls * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson and 48 other attorneys general today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen rules that would make it harder for scammers to make robocalls from legitimate telephone numbers by cutting off scammers' access to those telephone numbers. The Anti-Robocall Multis more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 8 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: ** * Attorney General James Secures $45 Million from Block for Enabling Fraud and Misleading Cash App Users New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 45 other attorneys general today secured $45 million from Block, Inc. (Block), the company behind the popular peer-to-peer payments app Cash App, for misleading its users and failing to protect them from scams and fraud. Attorney General James and the coalition alle more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 8 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Urges Federal Government to Strengthen Rules to Stop Illegal Robocalls * July 8, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 other attorneys general in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt new measures to combat illegal robocalls alling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt new measures to combat illegal robocal more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 8 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Leads Bipartisan Coalition Pushing Federal Government to Further Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls * RALEIGH-When a robocall scammer wants to call you, he doesn't need to do it from a fake number. The first thing he does is buy a long list of real phone numbers, then he cycles through them so fast that spam filters can't keep up. By the time one number gets flagged, he's moved on to the next.  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 9 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Pushes Federal Government to Further Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls * Press Releases (Hartford, CT) -Attorney General William Tong and 48 other attorneys general today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen rules that would cut off scammers' access to legitimate telephone numbers. Without that access, scammers can't use real numbers to deceive and scam Americans. The Anti-Ro more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 9 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * DNR hosting online Iowa Organic Management Plan stakeholder event * DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is hosting an Iowa Organic Waste Management Plan stakeholder event. The meeting will take place online on Thursday, July 30, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The purpose of this event is to present the results of the Iowa Organics Management Plan, which was developed to build upon previous research and planning eff more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following news release: * * * Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with TS Banking Group, Inc. and TS Contrarian Bancshares, Inc. * The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement action listed below: TS Banking Group, Inc., Treynor, Iowa and TS Contrarian Bancshares, Inc., Treynor, Iowa Written Agreement dated July 6, 2026 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here. For media inquiries, please email media@frb.go more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- FUELIowa, representing 500 small business convenience stores and fuel marketers across Iowa and neighboring states, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency opposing the agency's interim final rule on National Bank Non-Interest Charges and Fees as well as the Interim Final Order on preempting the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. The group contends that the rule and order would worsen the problem of excessive swipe fees imposed by Visa  more ST

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 9 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Reynolds orders flags at half-staff in honor and remembrance of U.S. Air Force Maj. Brad Hovey * Governor Kim Reynolds has ordered flags in Iowa lowered to half-staff at sunrise on Friday, July 10, until sunset on Friday, July 17, 2026, in honor and remembrance of Iowa native, U.S. Air Force Maj. Brad Hovey. Maj. Hovey was a pilot with the 419th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base in California. He was killed during a B-52 fligh more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Hirshhorn Museum Partners with Art Bridges Foundation to Announce 51 Museums in Landmark National Loans Program "50 for 50" Will Place American Art from the Hirshhorn Collection in Every U.S. State and Puerto Rico Selected by Each Institution for Multiyear Loans - The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Art Bridges Foundation have chosen the 51 institutions that will participate in "50 for 50," a national collection-sharing i more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Pushes Trump Administration to Release Affordable Housing Construction Funds * As President Trump continues to slow-walk a bipartisan housing affordability bill that already passed through Congress, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) is teaming up with U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and several colleagues in urging the president to unlock community development tools and promptly release $750 million in federal housing construction funds.  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn Joins Nation's Top Highway Official, Announces $2 Million Federal Investment in Ringgold County Roadway * DIAGONAL, IA - Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) today joined Federal Highway Administrator Sean McMaster to announce a $2 million federal investment to rehabilitate 6.7 miles of Ringgold County's P33 corridor between Highway 2 and Diagonal, improving safety and strengthening a critical transportation route for southern Iowa. Rep. Nunn announced more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy, released the following opening statement from a June 24, 2026, hearing entitled "The Future of Social Security": * * * Social Security is part of the social fabric of America. Unfortunately, its trust fund for retirement and survivor benefits will be exhausted in six years. Come 2032, seniors could see their benefits cut by as much as 22%. To ensure this cut never happens, the entire nation needs more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Biden DOJ Personnel Exposed Classified Materials While Special Counsel Jack Smith Prosecuted Trump, Records Show BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Messages obtained by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) show personnel at the Biden U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), including personnel assigned to Jack Smith's Special Counsel Office (SCO), potentially mishandled classified materials the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Demands Trump Administration, OMB Director Vought Release Affordable Housing Construction Funds U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and a number of her Senate colleagues are pressing the Trump Administration and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought to unlock community development tools and promptly release $750 million in federal housing construction funds. This effort is particularly important as President Tru more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy released the following testimony by Social Security Works President Nancy J. Altman from a June 24, 2026, hearing entitled "The Future of Social Security": * * * Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Sanders, and Members of the Subcommittee: Our Social Security system is crucial to the over 71 million people who receive those earned benefits each month. It is also crucial to the 184 million American workers who are earning with every paycheck inv more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 (TNSFR) -- The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh campus has identified affiliated Tribes for 16 associated funerary objects under Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and determined they are culturally affiliated with 55 federally recognized Tribal nations. The inventory covers five associated funerary objects from th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- W&H Cooperative Oil Co., Mason City, Iowa, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency expressing opposition to the agency's interim final rule on national bank non-interest charges and fees and the interim final order preempting the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. The Iowa cooperative argues that these regulatory actions will exacerbate excessive swipe fees imposed by Visa and Mastercard, which are currently collected by national banks w more ST

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 9 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Water use permits for review, published 07/09/2026 * DES MOINES - The DNR Water Quality Bureau has the following draft water use permits posted for public review. Water use permits regulate how Iowa's water resources are allocated to ensure facilities use water efficiently and responsibly, at rates and quantities consistent with permit conditions. As part of the permit review process, the public has the right, and is encouraged, t more PR