Iowa Water and Land Legacy amendment faces study and support
Proponents led by conservation groups push Iowa's Water and Land Legacy measure to create a constitutionally protected trust fund funded by a portion of the next sales tax. It would direct about 150 million dollars annually to habitat, soil conservation, trails, and water quality. Critics from the Farm Bureau oppose the trust mechanism but expect farmers to back soil protection.
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Shannon Ramsay
Marion Based
Trees Forever
Ramsay
Sean McMahon
The
Nature Conservancy
Coalition
McMahon
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Rick Robinson
Iowa Farm Bureau
Robinson
Tim Palmer
Iowa Association of County Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Palmer
Des Moines
Missouri
Minnesota
Dave Murphy
Conservation Federation of Missouri
Murphy
Stem cell research faces funding bans and court action
U S researchers and laboratories confront federal funding restrictions as a court hearing looms. Senator Harkin eyes a bill clarifying NIH grant legality while House backers push for adjournment time. Advocates cite NIH support as essential to progress against diseases. opponents call embryonic sources unethical.
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Harkin
Sen. Arlen Specter
D-Pa
NIH
House
Diana DeGette
D-Cole
Congress
United States
Christopher Reeve Testi
Iowa
Chet Culver
Culver
Maggie DeWitte
Iowans For Life
Des Moines
DeWitte
Chuck Grassley
R Lowa
Nicholas Zavazava
University of Iowa Medical School
Food and Drug Administration
Zavazava
Poll finds broad opposition to Obamacare cost and GOP repeal
A Washington poll shows 75 percent want substantial changes to the health care law while a majority agree costs are excessive. Respondents favor expanding coverage and access, with both those wanting more government action and those wanting less supporting similar aims on insurance and care quality.
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Mesa
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Washington
Braley
Stanford Political Science
Jon Krosnick
Krosnick
House
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