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Former President Trump encouraged his Iowa supporters to caucus for him at any cost, joking that due to extreme winter weather, “even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it.” Meteorologists …
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“Federal COVID-era cash benefit programs are not sustainable and don’t provide long-term solutions,” Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said.
https://www.salon.com/2023/12/12/an-iowa-fight-over-a-satanic-display-reminds-us-believe-free-speech-is-only-for-them/
The key to understanding the GOP furor over "anti-semitism" on campus? A altar to Lucifer in the Des Moines Capitol
https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2023/11/06/dark-money-group-trying-to-buy-des-moines-mayoral-race/
Laura Belin explores how Citizens For Des Moines is seeking to influence the mayoral election without revealing its donors or spending.
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Even if the officer made a reasonable mistake, the appellate court said, the photographer immediately informed the officer he was a journalist and he produced press credentials.
https://www.thegazette.com/state-government/proposal-to-eliminate-iowa-commission-could-put-at-risk-14-million-in-americorps-funding/
Recommendations by a state panel to cut or consolidate more than 100 administrative boards and commissions in Iowa could put millions in federal funding at risk to local nonprofits and public entities. And it may hinder efforts to provide safe and affordable housing at a time when homelessness is on the rise, according to federal, state and local nonprofit leaders
https://kiow.com/2023/09/18/509376/
Iowa's unemployment rate increased slightly in August, the first uptick in several months. Iowa Workforce Development executive director, Beth Townsend, says conditions on the national level factor in. Iowa's unemployment rate rose from 2.7% in July to 2.9% in August, while that national rate increased from 3.5% to 3.8%. She says those national economic factors...
