Des Moines, IA - A team of leading researchers has concluded that the easiest way to reduce our dependency on automobiles, conserve fuel, lessen our carbon footprints, and maybe even help Iowa's population, is to design and build walkable neighborhoods. According to a new report from the Urban Lan

Des Moines, IA - The Adler Theater in Davenport is sold out for Thursday's Democratic candidates' debate on health care and financial security jointly sponsored by AARP and Iowa Public Television. The debate is the first of two and will be carried nationwide on 265 public television stations. It wi

Iowa towns may soon have the authority to enact their own smoke-free ordinances if a measure giving communities that right passes both the Senate and House during the upcoming session. Stacy Frelund with the Iowa chapter of the American Cancer Society says local communities are already passing resol

Cresco, IA – Many of the neighbors of large livestock confinement operations are retired seniors, and the hog lots may be affecting their physical and financial health, according to recent studies in Iowa and North Carolina. The studies report elderly face weakened immune systems from waterbor

Congress appears ready to give President Bush the money he wants for the Iraq war, but a growing number of Iowa's religious leaders are hoping to create a different outcome the next time the president requests funding in September. Some members of the Iowa faith community are making plans at a grass

New Orleans, LA - As the holidays approach, Iowans are being asked to remember those still struggling in the wake of hurricane Katrina. Recently, a delegation of prominent African-American women visited New Orleans to refocus the nation's attention on the health and education needs of the children

Des Moines, IA - After concerns were raised over the environmental hazards that would result from a coal-fired ethanol plant located in Des Moines, the company withdrew the idea from consideration. That leaves only a natural gas-fired plant on the table for the City Council to vote on tonight. Neila