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1 month ago | 
bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Rick Morain |Jeff Fuhrman |Linda Schreiber
Third in a series on the new Iowa law that removed legal protection against discrimination for transgender and nonbinary Iowans, as well as any path for the state to officially recognize their gender identity. Given the choice, most legislators will not cast a potentially career-ending vote—especially when they know the outcome isn’t riding on their decision.
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1 month ago | 
bleedingheartland.com | Rick Morain |Jeff Fuhrman |Laura Belin |Linda Schreiber
Rick Morain is the former publisher and owner of the Jefferson Herald, for which he writes a regular column. Like many words, “peace” carries a number of meanings. U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy use “peace” to describe two different scenarios. When Trump says peace, he means the absence of physical fighting. He says the goal in Ukraine is to stop the war, which he emphasizes has killed thousands upon thousands of Ukrainians and Russians. That’s a laudable goal.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Bernie Scolaro |Laura Belin |Linda Schreiber
Marty Ryan previously published a version of this essay in the November 2024 issue of the Prairie Progressive. Campaign strategist Jim Carville coined the phrase “[It’s] the economy, stupid” back in 1992 when he worked on Bill Clinton’s first presidential campaign. That phrase “was directed at the campaign’s workers and intended as one of three messages for them to focus on.”Evidently, the intent, if not the quote, has come back to the 2024 campaign.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Bernie Scolaro |Laura Belin |Linda Schreiber |Bruce Lear
Bernie Scolaro is a retired school counselor, a past president of the Sioux City Education Association, and former Sioux City school board member. I would park around the corner and wait until there was no traffic, no sign of people, before getting out and swiftly entering the bar in Sioux City, Iowa. It was the 1980s, and entering and leaving Three Cheers (the only gay bar in town) without being noticed was always a challenge.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Linda Schreiber |Bruce Lear |Emily Bredthauer
Kevin Virgil made waves in August when he urged supporters of his GOP primary campaign to vote for Democrat Ryan Melton in Iowa’s fourth Congressional district. But when the conservative Republican cast his own general election ballot, he wrote in his own name for Congress. Virgil had called on voters to shock the Republican establishment by supporting Donald Trump for president and Melton in the IA-04 race.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Linda Schreiber |Bruce Lear |Emily Bredthauer |Jason Benell
Linda Schreiber is a member of the League of Women Voters of Johnson County. Amending the Iowa Constitution is a long process. State lawmakers must approve identical language in two consecutive separately elected legislatures before a proposed amendment goes on a statewide ballot. This November, in addition to electing candidates for federal, state, and county offices, Iowans will consider two proposed state constitutional amendments: on Voting Age and Citizenship, and on Gubernatorial Succession.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
press-citizen.com | Linda Schreiber
Amending the Constitution is a long process. Lawmakers must agree in a vote in two consecutive general assemblies (see The Gazette, Sept. 30, 2024). This November, in addition to casting votes for candidates in the General Election, Iowans will vote on two issues to amend the Iowa Constitution: Voting Age and Citizenship and Gubernatorial Succession. Section 1 of Article II of Iowa’s Constitution as amended in 1970, Voting Age and Citizenship, is addressed in three sentences.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Randy Evans |Bernie Scolaro |Laura Belin |Linda Schreiber
Randy Evans is executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council and can be reached at [email protected]. We are in the home stretch of another presidential campaign, and it is important for voters to be alert for the unintended consequences of candidates’ promises. Office-seekers and their supporters like to portray issues in terms of absolutes—as in, my position is the very best way to address this issue; my opponent’s way is all wrong.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
msn.com | Linda Schreiber
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
original.newsbreak.com | Linda Schreiber
Gardeners looking to expand their knowledge about planning and garden design are invited to attend a Community Speakers Series 2024 hosted by the Johnson County Master Gardeners and Hills Bank. The presentations focus on planning and designing gardens featuring options for a natural garden, rain garden and ornamental grasses. The free program is designed to give gardeners of all experience levels the confidence to create beautiful, functional gardens.
