Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CDT

PLEASANT HILL, Iowa (AP) — With school shootings a regular occurrence, educators across the country are learning techniques to help victims survive by stemming blood loss. A Connecticut doctor who treated children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in 2012 helped launch the effort, dubbed Stop the Bleed. The nonprofit program has spread to all 50 states, with more than 125,000 teachers, counselors and school administrators learning skills such as applying direct pressure, packing wounds and applying tourniquets.

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal prosecutor who helped convict former Illinois Gov. George Ryan of corruption has been named the new director for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s nine-state region based out of Chicago. The agency that regulates the securities sector and enforces securities laws announced Joel R. Levin’s appointment in a Thursday statement. He’ll start next month and oversee hundreds of employees in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As the Iowa Legislature nears an unofficial target for adjournment, lawmakers still are working on key tasks such as approving a state budget and providing details on promised tax cuts. Republicans control both chambers and are working privately to come up with spending targets for this year’s state budget. Legislative leaders on Thursday indicated they are close on dollar figures.

RULO, Neb. (AP) — A Native American tribe has regained ownership of river bluffs, hardwood forest and tall grass prairie along the Missouri River through an agreement with the Nature Conservancy of Nebraska. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the conservancy recently transferred 160 acres (65 hectares) of Richardson County bluff land to the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. The tribe and the conservancy agreed to a conservation easement, which prevents development incompatible with the land’s ecological value.