As 2024 Republicans head to the Iowa State Fair this week and next, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart held a press conference on the first day of the Iowa State Fair to contrast 2024 Republicans’ MAGA agenda with President Biden and Democrats’ record of success. The DNC also launched a new two-week billboard campaign in Des Moines blasting the MAGA 2024 agenda. 

• In Iowa: Iowa Starting Line: New Billboard Attack GOP Candidates’ Extremism
• In Iowa: Iowa Starting Line: Walz At State Fair: GOP’s Agenda ‘Morally Reprehensible’
• In Iowa: CBS 8: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz campaigns for Biden at Iowa State Fair
• In Minnesota: Minnesota Reformer: Walz hits the Iowa State Fair for Biden

This week, Ohio voters rejected MAGA Republicans’ attacks on democracy and women’s freedom to make their own health care decisions.

• In Ohio: Cincinnati Enquirer: Ohio voters reject Issue 1, scoring win for abortion-rights supporters ahead of November
• In Ohio: Cincinnati Enquirer: Ohio Issue 1: Biden declares ‘democracy won’

Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s CHIPS and Science Act, which is helping bolster a U.S. manufacturing boom and is empowering a competitive 21st century American economy. 

• In Georgia: Atlanta News First: Mayor Dickens: Chip technology brings jobs to Georgia
• In Michigan: The Gander: One Year Later: Biden’s CHIPS Act Makes Michigan a ‘Global Epicenter’ for Manufacturing
• In Michigan: Up North Live: Lt. Gov. Gilchrist discusses impact of the CHIPS and Science Act
• In Michigan: Mid Michigan Now: Michigan poised to lead in semiconductor tech & clean energy sectors, one year after CHIPS Act
• In New York: Spectrum News: New York leaders tout anniversary of CHIPS and Science Act
• In Oregon: FOX 12: CHIPS and Science Act has local impacts in Beaverton nearly a year after becoming law
• In Oregon: Oregon Capital Chronicle: Oregon semiconductor companies gear up for expansion
• In Washington: The Seattle Medium: Biden’s CHIPS And Science Act Marks One Year Of Progress
• In Texas: NBC DFW: Despite voting No on bill, Sen. Cruz ‘enthusiastic’ for CHIPS Act projects in Texas

President Biden traveled out West this week and stopped in Utah to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the PACT Act – the most significant expansion of health care access for combat veterans suffering from toxic burn pit exposure – and celebrate the bipartisan effort it took to deliver this critical care for veterans and their families.

• Deseret News: Opinion: What Biden’s visit to Utah means to Utah’s veterans
• Kuer.org: Biden comes to Salt Lake City to commemorate a bipartisan win on the PACT Act
• Salt Lake Tribune: President Joe Biden says he’s ‘proud’ that PACT Act has helped more than 2,000 Utah veterans
• KSL News: Work together’: Biden urges support for veterans in Utah address on historic anniversary
• CBS 2 KUTV: ​​President Biden highlights veteran health care law during Salt Lake City visit

On Wednesday, President Biden delivered remarks in New Mexico on how the Inflation Reduction Act is helping to combat climate change and has made unprecedented investments in clean energy projects across the country. 

• Sante Fe New Mexican: Biden touts ‘Bidenomics’ policies in Belen speech
• Santa Fe New Mexican: Out West, President Biden makes his case
• NM Political Report: Biden talks ‘Bidenomics,’ clean energy and manufacturing in NM visit
• Santa Fe Reporter: President Biden Heads to Belen to Talk Manufacturing
• Albuquerque Journal: Biden touches down in NM; part of three-state tour to highlight key projects

President Biden established a new national monument near the Grand Canyon National Park to protect the area from uranium mining and honor the ancestral homeland of 12 Native American tribes.

•  AZ Central: Biden dedicates new monument for Arizona tribes and ‘the soul of the nation’
• AZ Central: President Biden announced a new monument at Red Butte. Here’s why it is sacred to tribes
• AZ Family: Biden announces historic Grand Canyon monument designation during Arizona visit
• NBC 12: There are 3,000 known cultural and historic sites at Biden’s new Grand Canyon national monument

In Philadelphia, Vice President Kamala Harris announced new actions to increase wages for construction workers and highlighted key infrastructure projects made possible thanks to Bidenomics.

• Philadelphia Inquirer: Vice President Kamala Harris came to Philadelphia to announce pay increases for construction workers
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: VP Harris’ latest visit to Pa. reinforces state as 2024 battleground
• Philadelphia Tribune: VP Harris touts infrastructure, higher wages in Philadelphia visit

Across the country, investments made from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act continue to create new economic opportunities in key industries including manufacturing and clean energy. 

• In Wisconsin: CapTimes: Opinion | Inflation Reduction Act essential to Wisconsin’s clean-energy economy
• In Nevada: NBC 3 KSNV: One year after Inflation Reduction Act, Sen. Rosen wants to remind voters of its Nevada benefits
• In Nevada: Las Vegas Review-Journal: Solar parts manufacturer plans to triple operations in Nevada