Benjamin Fisher
Senior News Reporter at Silver City Daily Press
City and Politics Reporter at Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa)
-Reporter at the Telegraph Herald (politics, government & the environment of the IA/WI/IL tri-state) -Sometimes poet, forager, partner and friend
Articles
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1 week ago |
telegraphherald.com | Benjamin Fisher
As federal, state and local governments eye cuts to funding for services, nonprofit leaders are asking themselves how they will meet local needs with already-stretched resources. Republicans controlling Congress are planning major cuts to programs across the federal government. Meanwhile, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois lawmakers also aim to limit spending or cut taxes.
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1 week ago |
telegraphherald.com | Benjamin Fisher
EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. — Most mornings, Roberta Montgomery descends the stairs from her second-floor apartment and sets to work watering or weeding or otherwise caring for the planter boxes of flowers that dot East Dubuque’s Sinsinawa Avenue. She has been doing this for more years than she can remember. Montgomery is not compensated for these many hours of labor as she is not on the city’s payroll. The tasks simply make Montgomery happy and get her outside more.
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1 week ago |
telegraphherald.com | Benjamin Fisher
In the same week that President Donald Trump marked the U.S. Army's 250th birthday with a historic and controversial parade in D.C., militaries overseas - Russia and Ukraine, Israel and Iran - accelerated their ongoing wars. These events all received responses from numerous members of the tri-state area's congressional delegation, as protests against the military parade dotted their districts.
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1 week ago |
telegraphherald.com | Benjamin Fisher
Skip to main content You have permission to edit this image. LOCAL CANCELLATIONS & DELAYS Previous Decked out largely in American flags, chanting "No kings — n… Next Up The Dubuque Parks and Recreation Park has started this year’s Free Playground Ex… Secure transaction. Cancel anytime.
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2 weeks ago |
cpioneer.com | Benjamin Fisher
Dubuque County officials voiced interest in requiring more investment from small, rural cities for services that county tax dollars fund — rural road improvements and animal control. The discussion during last week’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors followed similar debates during budget-building sessions this year, in which supervisors — all three, around various budgetary considerations — lamented small cities levying little or no property taxes while receiving significant county funds.
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Began to unwind my 2024 Iowa Caucus experience, now that I've taken some time to breathe: https://t.co/eaH4uepfA9
After much consideration, I have joined the herd and headed to Substack to share writing that doesn't fit in my daily newspaper: https://t.co/gklfHVmgF0 Come visit. There'll be much more to come.
Bundled up as best as I could be ahead of covering my first Republican Iowa Caucus in Dubuque, and in a hellish cold #IowaCaucus #journolife So this was me smiling. https://t.co/lk8bMbGIxU
