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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.
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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.
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1 month ago | 
bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Jeff Morrison |John Hale |Clark Kauffman
First-term State Representative Brett Barker has acknowledged he made a “rookie mistake” when he authorized the distribution of a right-wing Christian pamphlet to all of his Iowa House colleagues. Barker told Bleeding Heartland he didn’t read the publication by Capitol Ministries before it was circulated in the chamber on March 19.
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1 month ago | 
bleedingheartland.com | Jeff Morrison |John Hale |Clark Kauffman |Bruce Lear
Jeff Morrison is a member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative and the publisher of the Between Two Rivers newsletter, where this article first appeared. Find more of his work at betweentworivers.substack.com and iowahighwayends.net. COVID-19 whacked the Iowa newspaper industry hard. Between March 13 and June 15, 2020, a combined 30 days’ worth of issues across sixteen Iowa communities vanished. However, 2019 had seen its own share of print reductions.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
iowacapitaldispatch.com | Jeff Morrison
by Jeff Morrison, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 2, 2024 Hello, Iowans of the Class of 2025. You seniors are leading off the second quarter of the 21st century and need a speech from someone big to match that status. Unfortunately, you’re stuck with me, the third male lead in a 1999 production of “Bye Bye Birdie.”Really, though, what better person to give students advice for the last year of high school than someone whose life peaked during it?
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
lettersfromiowans.substack.com | Jeff Morrison |Rekha Basu |Tory Brecht |Dartanyan Brown
Letters From Iowans is a part of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative. We encourage you, our subscribers, to share your perspective in this column. To make your voice heard, use this form to send us your essay:Letters From Iowans FORMLetters From Iowans is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. According to Mother Jones magazine, Donald Trump was Peter Thiel’s most successful investment after the 2016 election.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
bdemo.com | Jeff Morrison
The Iowa Department of Transportation’s contract lettings for May 21 included one project that repeats six words over and over: “Welcome to Iowa, Freedom to Flourish.”The contract is for signs at 53 of 62 state border crossings. Three entry points along the Mississippi River don’t have signs, Carter Lake is omitted, and the four others already have new ones. The lettering is in a very dark teal, with “Welcome to” in script and the rest in sans-serif using a new branding design.
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May 30, 2024 | 
swiowanewssource.com | Jeff Morrison
The Iowa Department of Transportation's contract lettings for May 21 included one project that repeats six words over and over: "Welcome to Iowa, Freedom to Flourish."The contract is for signs at 53 of 62 state border crossings. Three entry points along the Mississippi River don't have signs, Carter Lake is omitted, and the four others already have new ones. The lettering is in a very dark teal, with "Welcome to" in script and the rest in sans-serif using a new branding design.
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May 25, 2024 | 
iowacapitaldispatch.com | Jeff Morrison
The Iowa Department of Transportation’s contract lettings for May 21 included one project that repeats six words over and over: “Welcome to Iowa, Freedom to Flourish.”The contract is for signs at 53 of 62 state border crossings. Three entry points along the Mississippi River don’t have signs, Carter Lake is omitted, and the four others already have new ones. The lettering is in a very dark teal, with “Welcome to” in script and the rest in sans-serif using a new branding design.
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Nov 11, 2023 | 
iowacapitaldispatch.com | Jeff Morrison
by Jeff Morrison, Iowa Capital Dispatch November 11, 2023 CLUTIER — Many city and school elections in Iowa go uncontested, with only one name on the ballot. The difficult part comes when there aren’t any names at all. In Clutier, population 213, no one filed to run for mayor or any of the five seats on the city council. It’s not the only community in the state, or even in Tama County, to be in this situation.
