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American Bar Association sues Trump administration over executive orders targeting law firms; Florida universities face budget scrutiny as part of 'anti-woke' push; After Hortman assassination, MN civic trainers dig deeper for bipartisanship.

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Political tensions rise after Minnesota assassinations. Trump's DOJ demands sweeping election data from Colorado. Advocates mark LGBTQIA+ pay inequity, and U.S. and U.K. reach a new trade deal.

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EV charging stations are harder to find in rural America, improving the mental health of children and teachers is the goal of a new partnership in seven rural states, and a once segregated Mississippi movie theater is born again.

Iowa

Monday, June 16, 2025

Iowa judge rules in favor of 'Swampbuster' conservation protection measure

A District Court judge in Iowa has ruled in favor of an effort to protect the state's wetlands. The legal move protects a key environmental …

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Iowa's fourth grade students score at or slightly above average in national reading assessments but almost two-thirds are not reading proficiently, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. (Adobe Stock)
Report: Young Iowans' reading scores teeter, SNAP cuts prompt concern

Iowa kids are doing well overall in new national findings on children's well-being, although they are slipping in a few key areas. The numbers in …

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The Alzheimer's Association says it needs at least 50,000 people to participate in ongoing clinical trials examining potential new treatments, with hundreds of thousands more needed for broader dementia-related studies. (Adobe Stock)
During Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, Iowa seniors learn to plan

During Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, mental health advocacy groups are highlighting treatment and medication advances in the last decade…

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While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not declared glyphosate itself carcinogenic, some toxicologists have said the components in the pesticide Roundup, a herbicide which includes glyphosate, make it 50 times more toxic than glyphosate alone. (Adobe Stock)
Cancer 'Gag Act' sputters in Iowa, federal push continues

Groups advocating for clean, safe water are pushing back on proposals to revive a pesticide labeling law introduced last year in Congress which would …

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The Eastern Iowa Arts Academy is transforming a 111-year-old schoolhouse into an arts refuge for kids. (Eastern Iowa Arts Academy)
Arts group revitalizes century-old rural Iowa school building

By Frankie (Amy) Felegy for Arts Midwest.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Iowa News Service reporting for the Arts Midwest-Public News Service Coll…

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Access to necessary mental health care services in Iowa is already limited and proposed cuts in Medicaid funding could make the situation worse. (Adobe Stock)
Potential Medicaid funding cuts threaten rural Iowa

By Tony Leys for KFF Health News.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Iowa News Service reporting for the KFF Health News-Public News Service Collabora…

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A new law allows Iowans who are victims of bogus transactions at crypto currency kiosks to receive a refund if they report it within 90 days. (Adobe Stock)
Cryptocurrency kiosk regulations become law in Iowa

A new rule passed by the Iowa Legislature is intended to protect seniors from fraud at unregulated cryptocurrency kiosks. The measure is part of a …

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In Iowa, the United States' largest pork producer, factory farms produce 109 billion pounds of manure annually, more than any other state, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (Adobe Stock)
Iowa partners to study agriculture's link to cancer

By Nina B. Elkadi for Sentient.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Iowa News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration …

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In 2024, Iowa farmers raised 2.63 billion bushels of corn for grain, the highest in the nation, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. (Adobe Stock)
Iowa farmers fear SNAP cuts would limit their markets

Farmers in Iowa fear that proposed cuts in SNAP benefit funding could limit the market for their products. The Trump administration says it is …

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In the most recent count, Iowa had just over 59,200 registered nurses in the state, a 28% increase over the previous decade. But low wages and challenging working conditions often make recruiting and retaining them a challenge. (Adobe Stock)
Medicaid cuts would reduce services, wages in Iowa hospitals

The U.S. House of Representatives could vote on the federal budget as soon as today, which contains large reductions to Medicaid services. In Iowa…

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Rural Iowans want lawmakers to do more to protect the state's 236 lakes, and tens of thousand of ponds and other waterways, from manure runoff spilled by corporate agriculture operations. (Adobe Stock)
Rural Iowans call for clean water during summit

Rural Iowans are asking lawmakers to be more aggressive in fighting for cleaner water in the state's notoriously dirty rivers, lakes, and streams…

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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported in 2017, a manure spill attributed to an animal feeding operation owned by Darryl Humpal killed 34,486 fish in Dry Run Creek in 2017. (Adobe Stock)
Iowa dairy farm manure spill kills 100,000 fish

By Nina B. Elkadi for Sentient.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Iowa News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration On …

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