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Nov 23, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Bruce Lear |Laura Belin |Diane Porter |Pam Taylor
Bruce Lear lives in Sioux City and has been connected to Iowa’s public schools for 38 years. He taught for eleven years and represented educators as an Iowa State Education Association regional director for 27 years until retiring. He can be reached at [email protected] Some things are hard to predict. Why is my cell phone obsolete after a month? Which Hawkeye quarterback will play Saturday?
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Diane Porter |Pam Taylor |Randy Evans
State Senator Janice Weiner will be the new leader of Iowa Senate Democrats, replacing State Senator Pam Jochum, who did not seek re-election this year. Weiner “grew up in a politically aware family in Coralville” and was a career Foreign Services officer with the U.S. State Department before moving back to Iowa in 2015. She represents Iowa Senate district 45, the chamber’s bluest district, covering Iowa City and University Heights in Johnson County.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Jon Fredrik Müller |Laura Belin |Diane Porter |Pam Taylor
Jon Muller is a semi-retired policy analyst and energy consultant. I’ve been looking to buy an EV for a long time. This week, I bought a 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV with 21,000 miles. It has about five more years of battery warranty. EV Tax credits are not likely to survive the new year. The primary beneficiaries of the end of EV tax credits will be people who bought them before January 1, 2025. First, the specifics. The vehicle cost about $21,000.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Diane Porter |Pam Taylor |Randy Evans
Continuing his pattern of selecting unqualified loyalists for prestigious jobs, President-elect Donald Trump announced on November 20 that he will name former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as U.S. ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In a written statement, Trump described Whitaker as “a strong warrior and loyal Patriot, who will ensure the United States’ interests are advanced and defended.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Diane Porter |Laura Belin |Pam Taylor |Randy Evans
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Cutleaf grapefern Wednesday, Nov 20 2024 0 Comments Diane Porter of Fairfield first published this post on My Gaia, an email newsletter “about getting to know nature” and “giving her a helping hand in our own backyards.” Diane also maintains the Birdwatching Dot Com website and bird blog. Rising above the dead leaves and grasses, a golden wand swept upward in the woods. It could easily be overlooked.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Pam Taylor |Randy Evans |Laura Belin |Tom Walton
Pam Mackey Taylor is the Director of the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club. The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently notified the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that several Iowa rivers which are used for drinking water need to be put on the impaired waters list—also called the 303(d) list—because they are polluted with nitrate and nitrite. Nitrate and nitrite are toxic to humans.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Diane Porter |Pam Taylor |Randy Evans
Eleven Iowa Senate races to watch in 2024 Tuesday, Oct 29 2024 4 Comments 0 New! This post has been updated with unofficial results from the November 5 election, as well as the final pre-election campaign finance disclosures and absentee ballot totals as of November 2. Original post follows. Republicans currently hold 34 Iowa Senate seats—the largest GOP contingent in that chamber since 1973. Democrats are not realistically contending to regain the Senate majority in November.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
richmond.com | Pam Taylor
For many, the arrival of hummingbirds in spring is an exciting time. Waiting and watching until the moment when the first of the season is seen. From views of their beautiful iridescent colors and impressive flying skills to their "chip chip," notes they are pure joy!I don’t recall seeing hummingbirds as a child, though my two older brothers have shared that the Mimosa tree in our yard drew in plenty.
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Pam Taylor
Pam TaylorJune 9, 2024 at 3:04 AM·3 min readPam TaylorThis isn’t about Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, multinational investors or corporate raiders buying huge land tracts in western states and upending communities. In Michigan, it could be companies like Ceres, the foreign Hancock Timber and Farmland Fund, Bowman Family Holdings or even smaller, local groups. My brother and I are among the many centennial farm owners here in Lenawee County. We inherited land, buildings, other assets and tax breaks.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
thecentralvirginian.com | Pam Taylor
For many the arrival of hummingbirds in spring is an exciting time. Waiting and watching until the moment when the first of the season is seen. From views of their beautiful iridescent colors and impressive flying skills, to their chip chip notes they are pure joy!I don’t recall seeing hummingbirds as a child, though my two older brothers have shared that the Mimosa tree in our yard drew in plenty.
