Protests Turn Violent Over Pipeline Blockage Near Standing Rock
Violent clashes occurred as protesters near the Backwater Bridge blocked Highway 1806 in freezing weather. Police used tear gas, rubber bullets, and water cannons injuring dozens while 139 were arrested on felony charges. Standing Rock leader Dave Archambault criticized police escalation amid delayed pipeline permits.
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Standing Rock Sioux
Morton County
Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck
Army Corps of Engineers
Missouri River
Energy Transfer Partners of Texas
North Dakota
Illinois
Gulf Coast
Hunger strike protests Iowa Dakota Access pipeline permits
Opponents in Des Moines began a hunger strike outside the Iowa Utilities Board to pressure regulators to withdraw permits for the Dakota Access pipeline crossing 18 Iowa counties. Organizers from the Mississippi Stand pledge to continue the fast and vigil indefinitely, with arrests already made and calls for action against the project.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Utilities Board
Jessica Reznicek
Dakota Access
Reznicek
Mississippi
Julie Brown
Jasper County
Iowa lawmakers weigh changes to public employee bargaining
State officials and union leaders debated health and dental benefits in a 2017 2019 contract for about 600 Iowa troopers and other public workers. Gov Branstad and GOP leaders signaled possible reform of collective bargaining and binding arbitration to cut costs and increase efficiency.
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Jason Bardsley
Des Moines
State Police Officers Council
Iowa
Bardsley
U.S
Janet Phipps
Phipps
Branstad
Japan
China
Americans For Prosperity-Iowa
Johnson family recalls JFK handshake video memory
James Lynch reports on a family recollection tied to a JFK handshake video. The piece recounts the moment shown in slow motion and the reactions of Kennedy and the president’s mother, plus background on the family’s life in Cedar Rapids and Dubuque.
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JFK
Kennedy
Uss Arizona
Pearl Harbor
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Village Ridge
Marion
Dubuque
Guttenberg
Colesbury
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s
Cedar
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Viola Walters
Darrell
Stewart Baxter
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