Reynolds outlines bipartisan Iowa 2025 agenda with health and child care plans
The editor notes Governor Kim Reynolds delivered a cautious 2025 agenda focusing on rural health care expansion with 3 million in grants, 10 million in loan repayments, and a 150 million residency program, plus a cancer research team with 1 million state funds. She proposes a statewide Community Solutions Fund for child care, school and private provider partnerships, and a nuclear energy inquiry. A hands free driving push, school cellphone ban, and energy/water infrastructure bonds are also touched. Republican tax cuts raise concerns about funding for schools and mental health. The piece ends with cautious support, seeking details and noting limited investments.
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Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
University of Iowa
Kim Reynolds
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Iowa
Statehouse
House
Senate
Community Letter Warns Against Eroding Inclusion in Iowa Schools
A community letter criticizes Iowa university leaders and Regent editors for revising the Strategic Plan to remove inclusion. It questions Rep. Taylor Collins's reform push and argues higher education should create and share new knowledge, not merely serve workforce needs. It warns against labeling inclusive aims as woke and urges a broader educational mission.
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Taylor Collins
R-Mediapolis
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Resistance fades as Trump era theater renews attention
Froma Harrop observes that the anti Trump movement waned after January 2017 and protests cooled while a billionaire led administration moves forward. The column notes priorities including H1B visa usage, deregulation, and a shifting resistance now watching a spectacle rather than action. It cites job data, inflation trends, and crypto optimism amid broader political shifts.
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Clean water crisis in Iowa spurs Trout Unlimited column
Ray Thys, president of the Spring Creeks Chapter of Trout Unlimited, laments decades of poor conservation and factory farms threatening cold water streams. He contrasts his family farm practices with current investor ownership, calls for harsher penalties on polluters, and urges officials to protect water quality for future generations.
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Trouty. Unlimited
Department of Natural Resources
United States
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Iowa
DNR
Ray Thys
Trout Unlimited
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