Oskaloosa, Iowa – Rain may have been falling in a steady drizzle, but that didn’t temper the spirits of filmmaker Patrick Read Johnson as his 1975 Ford Pinto pulled up in front of the US Post Office in Oskaloosa from Fairfield, Iowa on May 30th. The significance of 52577 is that it’s also the release […]
(DES MOINES) – For the first time in history, the President of the Republic of Kosovo will visit Iowa. President Atifete Jahjaga (ah tee feh tee YAH yah gah) will visit Iowa June 13-15 as part of the U.S. Department of Defense State Partnership Program. President Jahjaga will be accompanied by Ambassador Akan Ismaili (ah […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Security was tight as the visiting head of state, Rwandan President Paul Kagame was on hand to deliver the 2012 commencement address at William Penn University. Students of William Penn started gathering just before noon in the gymnasium, and the college of working adults gathered in the upstairs gym. Students talked amongst […]
Washington, Apr 30 – Iowa Congressman Tom Latham hosted a signing ceremony in his Washington office on Monday to officially transfer the battleship USS Iowa from the U.S. Navy to the Pacific Battleship Center, which will preserve the historic vessel and convert it into a memorial and museum. “Iowans are proud that one of the […]
Washington D.C., The debate over a tweet and if it was out of line for a U.S. Senator. Things really started to heat up after David Axelrod, former Senior Adviser to President Barack Obama and heading up Obama’s re-election campaign, called the Senator out on the tweet. Since then, the controversy has started to heat up. […]
Des Moines, Iowa – 5:55 pm. HAZMAT crews collected a letter from and Iowa Representative around 5:30 pm Tuesday afternoon. A clerk for Rep. Abdul-Samad was opening his mail in the House chamber when a letter with no postage or return address was opened and a white powder substance was in the envelope. Reports say […]
House Should Pass Bill to Create More than 2 Million Jobs Washington, D.C. – Congressman Boswell (IA-3), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, called on House Republicans to abandon their partisan transportation bill and bring up the bipartisan job-creating Senate bill introduced as H.R. 14 by House Transportation leaders that previously […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Boswell (IA-3) has joined a bipartisan effort to urge the President and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to bring a World Trade Organization (WTO) case against China’s export restraints on rare earths, which are critical to advanced manufacturing because they are used in many American-made products. Earlier this week, Ambassador Kirk […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Leonard Boswell (IA-3) today issued a statement on the proposed USDA office closures affecting Iowa. “Since the initial announcement of the Farm Service Agency office closures, I’ve been consulting with and questioning USDA officials on their consolidation plan. While I understand cuts have to be made, I believe these closures would […]
Des Moines, Iowa, Feb 3 – Iowa Congressman Tom Latham released the following statement Friday in response to the Air Force recommendation to remove the F-16 fighter jet mission from the Des Moines Air National Guard base in Fiscal Year 2013. “I have deep concern with the initial recommendations for the future mission of the […]
