Activists push halt on large livestock buildings in Iowa
Des Moines activists and organizers gathered in the Capitol rotunda urging regulators to cap CAFO growth until Iowa meets water goals. Bill Stowe cited 1.5 million spent to remove nitrates. 27 groups back 15 bills by Sen. David Johnson to pause new and expanded operations and revise master matrix rules.
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Iowa Alliance For Responsible Agriculture
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Iowa
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Mason City
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Roskaloosa
Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee
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Thegazette
Iowa to strengthen alert system after Hawaii false alarm
Governor Reynolds said Iowa emergency system has safeguards to avoid false alerts, with multiple validation steps and a walk back process. She cited assurances from Homeland Security and Emergency Management and noted trained personnel operate the system. Also discussed were Mercatus Center findings on Iowa regulations and efforts to cut red tape.
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Kim Reynolds
Iowa
Hawaii
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Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Mark Schouten
Mercatus Center
George Mason University
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Towa
Mercatus
Laura Jones
Branstad-Reynolds
Iowa joins lawsuit against FCC net neutrality repeal
Town Attorney General Tom Miller plus 21 other state AGs filed a federal suit challenging the FCC December vote to repeal net neutrality rules. Miller warned the move could widen the urban rural digital divide in Iowa while ComCast MediaCom and ImOn said local services won’t suffer.
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Federal Communications Commission
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Iowa
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