Erin Farquhar

Jun 23, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Emily Boevers |Charles Bruner |Kurt Meyer |Erin Farquhar

Dr. Emily Boevers is a OB-GYN physician practicing primarily in Waverly, Iowa. When not taking care of patients she enjoys spending time with her husband and three children. This piece was first published in the Waverly newspapers. This coming week, the seven justices of the Iowa Supreme Court will issue a ruling in the misnamed “Fetal Heartbeat” ban. This legislation is the third iteration forced through the Iowa legislature in six years.

Jun 22, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Charles Bruner |Kurt Meyer |Erin Farquhar |Ed Tibbetts

Charles Bruner served in the Iowa legislature from 1978 to 1990 and was founding director of the Child and Family Policy Center from 1989 through 2016. For the last six years, he headed a Health Equity and Young Children initiative focusing on primary child health care for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Jun 22, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Kurt Meyer |Erin Farquhar |Ed Tibbetts |Laura Belin

Kurt Meyer writes a weekly column for the Nora Springs – Rockford Register and the Substack newsletter Showing Up, where this essay first appeared. He serves as chair of the executive committee (the equivalent of board chair) of Americans for Democratic Action, America’s most experienced liberal organization. Sometimes it’s called a code of ethics, sometimes a code of conduct.

Jun 21, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Ed Tibbetts |Laura Belin |Rick Morain |Erin Farquhar

New Iowa law criminalizes life-saving treatments for kids Friday, Jun 21 2024 0 Comments Erin Farquhar is the mother of Abram Miller, who relies on consumable hemp products to control seizures. This year, the Iowa legislature approved and Governor Kim Reynolds signed House File 2605, placing new regulations on Iowa’s CBD, or consumable hemp, industry.

Jun 15, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Charles Bruner |Kurt Meyer |Erin Farquhar

Iowa Restaurant Association President Jessica Dunker is not happy that the U.S. Department of Labor is fining Iowa restaurants for youth employment violations. The association has warned its members that federal officials “are taking massive punitive action” against restaurants that follow Iowa’s child labor law.