A clearer picture of Iowa water quality effort needs action
Guest column argues voluntary conservation and big spending have not solved nutrient runoff. Iowa must adopt economically viable, farmer driven plans with permanent buffers, cover crops, and enhanced accountability to improve water quality and gulf hypoxia. Sara Conrad and colleagues urge state action and farm participation.
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Iowa State University
Farm and Rural Life
Iowa
Gulf
Gulf of Mexico
Community Letters on driving, democracy, and amendment flaws
A reader urges responsible driving after Iowa motorized casualties rise 25 percent to 372 this year and decries public holidays for victims. The letter critiques the Constitution as flawed since 1787 and argues for amending it to remove the Electoral College, warning against factional politics and citing historical figures and periods.
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Iowa
U.S
Court displays graphic photos in Dylann Roof trial
Kathleen Parker notes the hush in U S District Court as graphic images of the nine Emanuel AME Church victims are shown Roof sits still as photos reveal the violence and Rev Clementa Pinckney’s fatal wound. The defense argues insanity is unlikely and the case hinges on whether Roof deserves death or life in prison. The next trial stage looms with the possible second death penalty case next year.
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Harleston
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Roof
U.S
Richard Gergel
Ethel Lance
Clementa Pinckney
Pearing
Pinckney
Tywanza Sand
Ers
Sanders
Alicia Sanders
Reynolds may shape Iowa water quality policy as governor
Senate Minority Leader Rob Hogg of Cedar Rapids says Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds could make a real difference on water quality once she becomes governor. He notes support for the Iowa Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund and a potential three eighths-cent sales tax to fund clean waterways, a topic likely to arise in 2017.
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Cedar Rapids
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Kim Reynolds
Iowa
Terry Branstad
U.S
China
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Iowa Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund
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Iowa Drainage District Association
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Chip Baltimore
R Boone
House Judiciary Committee
Baltimore
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