New hours and Saturday access dramatically expands options for Iowa’s unemployed (DES MOINES) – Iowa Workforce Department (IWD) Director Teresa Wahlert joined Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds at the administration’s weekly press briefing today. The governor presented an update on the workforce virtual access deployment across Iowa and its continued success. “Iowa […]
Nov 14 2011 | Posted in
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(OTTUMWA, Iowa) A Wapello County judge ordered a Blairsburg company to pay a $30,000 penalty Monday after the company discharged wastewater from stormwater retention basins last year at its Eddyville solid waste composting facility. District Court Judge Myron L. Gookin also enjoined Chamness Technology, Inc. from committing future violations. The order resolves a lawsuit filed […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today named Mark Schouten as the new head of the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, replacing Brig. Gen. Derek Hill, whom Branstad last week appointed as Deputy Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard. Branstad praised Hill’s service, and said he looks forward to working […]
Nov 10 2011 | Posted in
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AMES, Iowa – Nov. 10, 2011 – It was inevitable, the wonderful fall weather that allowed the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) to quickly reopen the flood-damaged roadways in western Iowa has past and Iowa has moved into the winter travel season. There is no time like the present to get your vehicle prepared for […]
Nov 10 2011 | Posted in
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(DES MOINES) – Identifying next steps that will lead to a rapid implementation of programs that will inspire Iowa’s youth in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) was the top priority for the day as council co-chairs Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds and University of Northern Iowa (UNI) President Benjamin Allen convened the 40-member Governor’s STEM […]
Nov 8 2011 | Posted in
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Des Moines, Iowa – Five of the GOP Presidential hopefuls took the stage at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines for a series of speeches to the state GOP supporters. While at the Reagan Dinner, the candidates took to attacking President Obama and not each other. The dinner gave candidates a chance to speak in front […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Branstad today announced that he will withdraw Iowa as a member of the Missouri River Association of States and Tribes (MoRAST) effective immediately. Gov. Branstad has sent a letter to notify MoRAST Executive Director Michael Hayden of Iowa’s withdrawal. In the letter, Gov. Branstad said, “I do not believe that MoRAST […]
Nov 4 2011 | Posted in
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(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 […]
Nov 4 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
Nov 3 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
Oct 27 2011 | Posted in
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