(DES MOINES)- Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds are pleased to honor eight police officers and firefighters with the 2011 Sullivan Brothers’ Award of Valor. Every day men and women in uniform quietly serve, sacrificing their safety to keep Iowa communities secure. It is only appropriate the state take time to honor the […]
Call it a “prime example of Federal overreach” (DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey have co-authored a letter to United States Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis expressing their concern over new federal regulations limiting the work and involvement of youth on family farms. The regulations discourage farmers from […]
Iowa Innovation Council I6 Green Project to advance clean technology commercialization WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) and Governor Terry Branstad today hosted a press conference to recognize the Iowa Innovation Council I6 Green Project for being one of six winners of i6 Green, a federal, multi-agency competition to drive technology […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced that Gov. Branstad will sign Executive Order Number Seventy-Five to create the Iowa Partnership for Economic Progress (IPEP). The new board will focus on job creation, identifying emerging global markets, harnessing competitive economic forces, increasing the income of Iowa families and growing […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped slightly to 6.0 percent in September from 6.1 percent in August. The current rate is also lower than one year ago when the state’s unemployment rate was reported at 6.2 percent. Meanwhile, Iowa’s jobless rate is more than three percentage points lower than the U.S. […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad today unveiled the new, more user-friendly Iowa.gov. The new look and feel follows Gov. Branstad’s signing of Executive Order 73, which called for the state to overhaul its Web portal to create a more effective and efficient online experience for visitors. “I am pleased to announce the new Iowa.gov, which […]
Des Moines, IA – Congressman Leonard Boswell today released the following statement on the latest in a series of reports ranking bridge infrastructure in the Des Moines metro among the most deficient in the country: “This latest national report further underscores the critical need for passing legislation to address our state’s infrastructure problems. We don’t […]
DES MOINES—Today, Governor Terry E. Branstad received notification that FEMA has granted Iowa’s appeal to make individual disaster assistance available to Iowans in five counties impacted by Missouri River flooding. Residents in Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona and Pottawattamie counties will be eligible to apply for FEMA’s Individual Assistance Program, which provides aid to homeowners, renters […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad today said the National Popular Vote Initiative is a deeply flawed movement that would eliminate Iowa’s influence on national elections by stripping its electoral votes in favor of a national popular vote. “The National Popular Vote plan will do nothing but shift candidates’ focus from battleground states, like Iowa, […]
(DES MOINES) — Governor Branstad has declared October to be Cyber Security Awareness Month in Iowa. As computers and information technology play an ever-growing role in the everyday lives of Iowans, it is important that people take steps that protect their computers and personal devices. Rep. Guy Vander Linden (R-Oskaloosa) is hoping Iowans will do […]
