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Kalbach: Why aren’t Grassley and Ernst supporting MCOOL in the Farm Bill?
Guest columnist Barb Kalbach questions why Iowa’s two US senators haven’t endorsed mandatory country-of-origin labels for beef in the Farm Bill, which she says could help family farms.
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Weiner: GOP attacks on the judicial system are an attack on democracy
Iowa state senator warns people and Republican officials not to forget the lessons of World War II. The moving pictures of centenarian World War II veterans in France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day remind us of the countless American soldiers who willingly placed themselves in harm’s way, and how many paid the ultimate price. …
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Kalbach: The House’s draft Farm Bill is a gift for corporate ag
Farm Bill draft neglects families and independent farmers After months of delay, the Farm Bill is finally moving in Congress. The House Agriculture Committee passed its draft of the 2024 Farm Bill on May 23, the first step in a process that will include a Senate draft followed by floor debates later this year. Buckle…
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Guest post: Why I support Molly Donahue for supervisor
When I think of Molly Donahue, I don’t view her as a politician, I view her as a concerned citizen and a voice for those whom she represents in the community. Molly has been a public activist and leader in her community as an educator for 33 years in the Cedar Rapids public school system…
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Scheetz: Tax cuts for all Iowans, not just the wealthy
State Rep. Sami Scheetz (D-Cedar Rapids) writes about Iowa House Democrats proposed sales tax cut and how it can help all Iowans.
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Kalbach: What Iowa Republicans focused on during legislative session
Barb Kalbach recaps what Iowa Republicans did and didn’t focus on the during the 2024 Iowa Legislative Session.
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Guest Post: Reynolds’ voucher program is about destroying public education
Former Iowa teacher and superintendent Patrick O’Donnell writes about the right-wing influence in creating and expanding voucher programs in Iowa and other red states.
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Muller: Student journalism’s moment to shine
Harvard University President Claudine Gay was feeling the heat nationally after failing to say straight out in congressional testimony that calling for Jewish genocide would violate Harvard’s bullying and harassment rules. It depended on context, Gay responded to a happily waiting political opponent, Rep. Elise Stefaniak, R-New York, who had asked the question at a…
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Kalbach: Immediate action needed on corporate ag pollution
Iowa agriculture has undergone substantial changes over the past 40 years. We see it all around us. Rather than crops and livestock being raised on tens of thousands of diversified family farms, Iowa has become ground-zero for concentrated industrial factory farms with unmanageable levels of manure, chemicals and pollution. The impact on our water and…
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Rob Sand: Iowans must stand with sexual assault victims
Lots of topics get swept under the rug because they’re not comfortable for us to confront. Sometimes we’d rather pretend the problems don’t exist or couldn’t happen in a place like Iowa. But they do, and it can happen anywhere—even in our great state. It is our obligation to confront them in order to solve…
