Effigy Mounds protest over park staff layoffs reads loudly
Local rally near Effigy Mounds National Monument draws 100+ neighbors from Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota to oppose Trump/Musk administration cuts. Organizer Scott Boylen a Decorah Middle School science teacher led the effort while Brian Gibbs an education ranger faced layoffs drawing national attention.
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
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Effigy Mounds
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Park
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Yellow River
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Mississippi River
Fort Crawford
Trump/Musk
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Scott Boylen
Decorah Middle School
The
Monument
Boylen
Brian Gibbs
Brian
Vermont
Bernie Sanders
National Weather Service
Washington
Brian Bruening
Elkader
PBM Reform Aims to Cut Costs for Iowa Rural Pharmacies
Dwight Baldwin argues PBM reform will lower patient costs and keep local pharmacies open in rural Iowa. He cites 30 pharmacies lost last year and 200 since 2014, driven by three dominant PBMs controlling 80 percent of prescriptions. HB 99 seeks rebates sharing and better reimbursements to sustain rural access.
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Transparency needed to curb foreign meddling in courts
Guest columnist Mike Johanns argues that foreign influence reaches U.S. farmland and justice, citing Sun Guangxin's Val Verde land purchase near Laughlin Air Force Base and litigation funding. He backs the Litigation Transparency Act to require investor disclosures in civil cases, urging swift congressional action to protect equal justice.
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Communist Party
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Chuck Grassley
Iowa
Tammy Baldwin
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Congress
District of Delaware
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Vladimir Putin
U.S. Judicial Conference
Advisory Committee On
House
Mike Johnson
Darrell Issa
R-Calif
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