Dani Replogle

4 weeks ago | bleedingheartland.com | Matt Chapman |Chuck Isenhart |Dani Replogle |Laura Belin

Matt Chapman serves on the board of Manufactured Housing Action and has been fighting for fair housing laws in Iowa for five years. By copying the laws that govern manufactured housing parks, some Iowa legislators are trying to make illegal lease provisions legal for all Iowa rentals. To get a good understanding of what is happening, we will start with some laws Iowa has already enacted, which are harmful for homeowners in Iowa’s manufactured housing parks.

1 month ago | bleedingheartland.com | Chuck Isenhart |Dani Replogle |Laura Belin |Jeff Morrison

Chuck Isenhart is an investigative reporter, photographer and recovering Iowa state legislator offering research, analysis, education and public affairs advocacy at his Substack newsletter Iowa Public Policy Geek, where this essay first appeared. March 20 was the , at age 40. The news was a blow to me and others in every way imaginable.

1 month ago | bleedingheartland.com | Dani Replogle |Laura Belin |Jeff Morrison |John Hale

Dani Replogle is a staff attorney with the national advocacy group Food & Water Watch. For nearly a century, the U.S. government has encouraged farmers to adopt practices that conserve wetlands, protect clean water, and keep farms sustainable. But this common-sense federal commitment to farmers and wetland conservation is now under threat.

Nov 26, 2024 | foodandwaterwatch.org | Dani Replogle

For forty years, U.S. farmers have counted on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs like the Swampbuster program to reward good land stewardship practices. Now, thanks to a politically motivated lawsuit, many sustainable farmers fear these programs are in jeopardy. The case, CTM Holdings, LLC v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, is an absentee landowner’s attempt to convince a court that Swampbuster is unconstitutional.

Nov 16, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Tom Walton |Bruce Lear |Dani Replogle |Laura Belin

Tom Walton is an attorney in Dallas County. An analysis of any political defeat must start with the message—what did you say to voters about why they should vote for you, and how did you say it? When you’re shut out of every branch of government, the only thing you have left is your message.