Politics
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Biden Administration Announces $3.1 Billion in Funding to Tackle Homelessness, With Focus on Veterans
The Biden administration on Thursday announced $3.1 billion in federal funding to support efforts to quickly rehouse Americans experiencing homelessness, including veterans. The funding, which will be made available through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Continuum of Care program, is just the latest step in the White House’s efforts to…
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Warren County Special Election Approved After Tense Meeting
There will be a special election in Warren County for the county auditor seat. “I say we have an election,” said interim county auditor David Whipple, whose appointment was the reason for Friday’s public hearing. Residents showed up in droves to the Warren County Administration Building in Indianola to find out how a challenge to…
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Supreme Court Takes Student Debt Relief Away From 43 Million Americans
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Biden’s student loan cancellation plan, a major blow to tens of millions of working- and middle-class Americans who stood to benefit from the program. In a 6-3 decision in Biden v. Nebraska, the Court’s right-wing justices ruled in favor of six states with Republican attorneys general—Nebraska,…
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Biden Administration Gives Cedar Falls Street Project $10M Boost
Cedar Falls City Administrator Ron Gaines celebrated the news that his community will receive $10 million in federal funding to help with a complete overhaul of its Main Street. “This grant is a tremendous achievement for Cedar Falls and we are extremely excited,” said Gaines, who was hired to run the northeast Iowa city’s day-to-day…
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New Audio Reveals Trump Discussing Possession of Classified Military Documents
New audio obtained by CNN and the New York Times reveals former president Donald Trump discussing his possession of secret classified military documents, a revelation that contradicts his previous denial that he had any such documents. The audio is from a July 2021 meeting in Bedminster, N.J. between Trump and those working on the memoir…
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Biden Administration Buying Electric Buses For Iowa
The Biden administration is helping Iowa get its public transportation up to current standards by directing $43 million to the state for electric buses and related infrastructure. The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Monday 130 awards totaling nearly $1.7 billion to fund transit projects in 46 states and territories, including Iowa’s…
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Iowa Gets $415 Million for High-Speed Internet Expansion From Biden’s Infrastructure Law
It’s been said that high-speed internet is the electricity of the 21st century—with it, amazing things are possible, but without it, families and communities can miss out on crucial economic opportunities, experience worse educational outcomes, receive worse health care outcomes, and become increasingly isolated from the connected world. And yet, today, in 2023, hundreds of…
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FCC Proposal Would Force Cable Companies To Institute ‘Up-Front’ Pricing
Have you ever signed up for cable or satellite service thinking you’d pay one price, only to have hidden junk fees added on at checkout? If so, here’s some good news: These types of fees, which have drawn criticism in recent years, could soon be a thing of the past. The Biden administration on Tuesday…
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Under Fire for Accepting Luxury Fishing Trip From Conservative Donor
Justice Samuel Alito is the latest Supreme Court judge to come under scrutiny after a ProPublica report published Tuesday reveals that he went on an undisclosed luxury fishing trip with a prominent conservative donor more than a decade ago. According to ProPublica’s investigation, in 2008, Alito accepted the trip from two wealthy Republican donors: billionaire…
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Former Betsy DeVos Aide Is Iowa’s New Education Director
Iowa’s new director of the Iowa Department of Education is a former aide to billionaire Betsy DeVos, who has used her family’s wealth to fuel the rapid expansion of taxpayer-funded private school scholarships, including in the Hawkeye State. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Thursday that McKenzie Snow—the former DeVos aide—would lead Iowa’s Department of Education starting…
