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Dec 6, 2024 | 
clintonherald.com | Dave Busiek
If I had a dollar for every person I’ve talked to recently who has stopped reading and watching the news, or at least cut way back, I’d be able to retire. Oh, wait. I AM retired! Retired from a lifelong career in newsrooms, and even I admit to dreading watching the evening news and reading newspapers. Election results in Iowa and nationally have produced feelings of anxiety for half the population. Final results show Donald Trump winning by 1.5 percentage points.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
iowacapitaldispatch.com | Dave Busiek
If I had a dollar for every person I’ve talked to recently who has stopped reading and watching the news, or at least cut way back, I’d be able to retire. Oh, wait. I AM retired! Retired from a lifelong career in newsrooms, and even I admit to dreading watching the evening news and reading newspapers. Election results in Iowa and nationally have produced feelings of anxiety for half the population. Final results show Donald Trump winning by 1.5 percentage points.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
iowawriterscollaborative.substack.com | Dave Busiek |Art Cullen
Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Going into Tuesday, Iowa Democrats had a lot to be excited about: some competitive seats in Des Moines, two “toss-up” congressional seats, and an Iowa Poll that suggested big wins for Democrats. But not all the glitters is gold. It’s sometimes deep red. On this episode of Iowa Down Ballot, moderator Dave Busiek talks with a panel of longtime Iowa journalists and analysts about how 2024 shook out in Iowa. Was it the economy?
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
iowawriterscollaborative.substack.com | Kathie Obradovich |Dave Busiek |Zachary Smith |Dartanyan Brown
Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District is a “toss-up” according to elections raters like Cook Political Report. And Tuesday night on KCCI-TV, Incumbent Republican Zach Nunn and Democratic challenger Lanon Baccam squared off in a debate. On this episode of Iowa Down Ballot, moderator Dave Price talks with a panel of longtime Iowa journalists and analysts about how they did in one of these rare side-by-side moments.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
iowawriterscollaborative.substack.com | Dave Busiek |Art Cullen |Zachary Smith |Dartanyan Brown
Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Maybe it was good that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was the football coach, not the debate coach. The 90-minute debate on CBS News Tuesday may not have been watched by many. But for the politics junkies—the kind of people who tune-in for local politics podcasts—it was a good chance to see at length how Walz and Republican JD Vance hold up under scrutiny.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
iowawriterscollaborative.substack.com | Laura Belin |Dave Busiek |Dave Price |Dennis J. Goldford
@Douglas Burns moderated today’s episode and featured , , ’ Dana James, , Lorena Lopez, , and . The political analysts discussed the debate and Iowa's reaction to various issues, including the official secrecy behind the Perry school shootings and other events that could impact Iowa Down Ballot races. This podcast is an outgrowth of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative. Some members will meet weekly to discuss political issues and races that impact candidates on the ballot in this 2024 election cycle.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
davebusiek.substack.com | Dave Busiek
I can’t think of a bigger Iowa sports story in my decades living here than that of Caitlin Clark. You can point to Rose Bowls, March Madness, wrestling championships, the Field of Dreams game – nothing has had such long-running avid interest, both in Iowa and across the country. The young woman has packed arenas nationwide. She has generated millions of dollars in revenue for the WNBA and television networks.
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May 26, 2024 | 
riverraccoon.substack.com | Chris Jones |Nicole Baart |Dartanyan Brown |Dave Busiek
Nitrogen pollution in streams is characterized in two main ways—concentration and load. Concentration is the amount per unit volume, which for nitrate-nitrogen, is usually reported in milligrams per liter (mg/L) which is equivalent to parts per million (ppm). Concentration is important for the municipal drinking water supply industry because the maximum limit of nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) allowed in water provided by public water supplies is 10 mg/L.
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May 26, 2024 | 
iowawriters.substack.com | Julie Gammack |Randy Evans |Dave Busiek |Jason Walsmith
New Collaborative member reports from "Quiltropolis" (Winterset 50273). She hit the ground running with three installments in one week, the most recent post, "Unrattled Mom," about shooting a timber rattler in Madison County in 1987, how The Register covered it, and the quilt she made about it. In Letters from Iowans, edited by ,we republish a column by and recommend his column,The First Person with Michael Judge.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
iowacapitaldispatch.com | Dave Busiek
by Dave Busiek, Iowa Capital Dispatch April 17, 2024 I was astounded Tuesday evening when I turned on CNN and saw anchors and analysts revealing details about the seven jurors picked so far in the first criminal trial of Donald Trump. There weren’t any names or faces revealed, but many other facts were. At the risk of compounding the error, but citing one example to make the point, here’s how CNN described a juror. “The third seated juror is a corporate lawyer. He’s originally from Oregon.
