Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act passed in that year repealed  the national origins quotas, which had been enacted during the 1920s in a ... in  the United States, the foreign-born percentage in 1970 dipped below 5 percent  for the first and only time in US history (compared with 12.4 percent in 2010).
The pattern of precipitation across Iowa is seasonal, with more rain falling in the  summer months. In Des Moines, roughly in the center of the state, over two-thirds  of the 34.72 inches (88.2 cm) of rain falls from April through September, and  about half of the average annual precipitation falls from May through August.
Nov 3, 2015 ... Similarly, if we look at spending on low-income programs as a share of the  budget, federal expenditures for low-income programs outside health care ... In  2012, the most recent year for which these corrections are available, the safety  net lowered the SPM poverty rate by an additional two percentage points ...
9 hours ago ... As usual, we like to follow total earnings, which combines the total number of  hours worked and average hourly earnings. Total earnings are up a sturdy 4.8  percent from a year ago, signaling plenty of growth in consumer purchasing  power. This is not about the “rich getting richer”: A separate report on the ...
Temperatures vary widely during the year, with an annual average of 49°f (9°c).  The state averages 166 days of full sunshine and 199 cloudy or partly cloudy  days. Des Moines, in the central part of the state, has an average maximum  temperature of 86°f (30°c) in July and an average minimum of 11°f (−4°c) in  January.
From 1960, the year I was born, until the time I became Governor in 2003, the average two-year increase in Minnesota state spending was 21 percent. … we brought that down dramatically, to about 1.7 percent per year.