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
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1 week ago |
telegraphherald.com | Benjamin Fisher
Now under a new administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the state of Iowa’s request to adopt an alternative program to a federal one providing summer food assistance to low-income families. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday the approval of the Healthy Kids Iowa demonstration project to be implemented this summer in lieu of the federal Summer EBT program.
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telegraphherald.com | Benjamin Fisher
The Dubuque County Board of Supervisors will work with a consultant to craft a code to guide future property development — as departments, residents, assessors, developers and landowners have struggled in recent years with the county’s current ordinances. During a Monday meeting, the supervisors voted, 2-1, to select MSA Professional Services to create the unified development code for $100,000.
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1 week ago |
galenagazette.com | Benjamin Fisher
EAST DUBUQUE — The lights behind Timmerman’s Supper Club’s iconic sign will stay on for the foreseeable future, but under new caretakers, after new owners took over the long-standing East Dubuque establishment April 28. kAm%:>>6C>2?’D[ @A6?65 :? `he`[ :D ?@H F?56C E96 7:7E9 D6E @7 @H?6CD :?
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telegraphherald.com | Benjamin Fisher
During the 2024 presidential campaigns, Democrats and other opponents of now-President Donald Trump made much of Project 2025 — a policy prescription document by right-wing thinkers aligned with Trump — for what the next Republican president should do from the White House. Throughout the 2024 campaign, Trump and other Republican leaders said they had no knowledge of or fealty to the plans in Project 2025 — assembled by longtime conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation.
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1 week ago |
telegraphherald.com | Benjamin Fisher
Just over 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term, area political experts and leaders have mixed reviews of how he has met his campaign promises so far. During a Michigan rally to celebrate his second, non-consecutive term’s 100-day benchmark, Trump said his first months in office have been the most successful of any president. Area political scientists, local party officials and congressional representatives agree that Trump’s latest first 100 days likely have been historic.
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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
