Iowa faces push to join Summer EBT amid hunger concerns
Critics say Reynolds has fallen short as Iowa keeps summer meal sites expanding with 61 new locations funded by pandemic relief while Summer EBT remains disputed. The Iowa Hunger Coalition urges an interim USDA plan by August 15, noting 245,000 eligible children and rising food insecurity statewide.
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Reynolds
Iowa
Iowa Department of Education
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service
Mason Mauro
Iowa Hunger Coalition
Mauro
Luke Elzinga
Elzinga
Bobst
Nicole McAlexander
Southeast Linn Community Center
Iowa Hunger Coalition Board
McAlexander
Sarah Trone Garriott
West Des Moines
Cedar County
Anne Discher
Common Good
Jon Krieg
American Friends Service Committee
Midwest
Kim Reynolds
Des Moines
Iowa City mulls cap on tobacco permits amid 62 active licenses
City leaders plan work on zoning amendments to curb tobacco and vape shops within 500 feet of schools and colleges. A 55 permit cap is proposed with existing licenses grandfathered, while Kratom sales would be banned. logistics of permit openings and enforcement described.
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Eric Goers
Rum & Go
Mormon Trek Boulevard
Benton Street
Goers
Planning and Zoning Commission
Josh Moe
Andrew Dunn
Moe
Dead zone grows beyond forecast as farm practices lag
LSU and LU Marine Consortium researchers aboard the Pelican conducted the 2024 dead zone survey July 21–26, finding a five year average of 4,298 square miles. The region, spanning from south Louisiana to Texas, expands despite policy efforts like the EPA Gulf Hypoxia Program and funding to cut nutrient runoff. Experts blame upriver farming practices and phosphorus from wastewater, urging stronger reforms to meet the 2035 goal of under 1,900 square miles.
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Louisiana State University
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Pelican
Environmental Protection Agency
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Sean Carson
NOAA
National Centers For Coastal Ocean Science
Union of Concerned Scientists
New Jersey
Louisiana
Galveston
Texas
LSU
Nancy Rabalais
Rabalais
Midwest
Karen Perry Stillerman
Food and Environment Program
The
EPA
U.S. Geological Survey
Doug Daigle
Daigle
Cassandra Glaspie
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