News headlines for the morning of August 23, 2017
- Local governments are being asked to affirm the Quad Cities as a welcoming and diverse community following violent protests in Charlottesville, Va.
- Iowa has submitted a "stopgap" plan to the federal government to stabilize the state's collapsing individual health insurance market. The plan re-directs federal subsidies under the Affordable Care Act to encourage younger, healthier people to buy insurance.
- The family of Kidnapped University of Illinois scholar Ying Ying Zhang is appealing to President Donald Trump for help in finding her. At a news conference, the family read the letter where they asked President Trump to "direct all available law enforcement...to find our daughter as soon as possible."