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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 2024

Page

8

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.

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.

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.

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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