Iowa health care study shows more closings than openings
A Common Sense Institute report finds Iowa has seen 250 more health care facilities close than open over 15 years, with 2022 hospital losses and rising vacancies. Rural areas lack access to specialists, while costs outpace inflation. uninsured rates fell post ACA but burdens rise on the privately insured.
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Iowa, West Virginia Idaho laws on transgender athletes gain amicus bid
Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird joins a 26 state coalition urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review West Virginia and Idaho cases barring transgender girls from female teams. The brief argues against defining sex as gender identity and defends Title IX aims for equal opportunity, while Iowa confirms its own 2022 sports fairness law. A separate Iowa case sentences Officer Kevin Cram’s killer to life without parole, and absentee voting rules begin for the 2024 general election with ballots to be mailed starting Oct. 16. The governor appoints Michelle Jungers as district associate judge in Judicial Election District 1B, covering six counties.
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