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Jan 15, 2025 | bleedingheartland.com | Bruce Lear |Laura Belin |Rachel Bruns

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]   Often when a politician gives a speech, what’s not said speaks volumes. The details left out are as important or more important than what’s said.

Jan 14, 2025 | bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Bruce Lear |Rachel Bruns

Cedar Rapids, Dubuque newspapers cut back on print editions Tuesday, Jan 14 2025 0 Comments The Cedar Rapids Gazette and Dubuque Telegraph-Herald will switch next month to printing the paper only three days a week. A January 14 email to subscribers from president Kelly Homewood and executive editor Zack Kucharski said that effective February 17, the Gazette will print editions on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, rather than the current seven days a week.

Jan 14, 2025 | bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Bruce Lear |Rachel Bruns

Fourteenth in a series interpreting the results of Iowa’s 2024 state and federal elections. As Iowa legislature began its 2025 session on January 13, members of the LGBTQ community held more seats than ever, and representation for people of color matched the record set following the 2022 elections. However, fewer women now serve in the Iowa House and Senate.

Jan 13, 2025 | bleedingheartland.com | Wally Taylor |Laura Belin |Bruce Lear |Rachel Bruns

Wally Taylor is the Legal Chair of the Sierra Club Iowa chapter. For the first time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has overruled the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on the state’s impaired waters list. Pam Mackey Taylor, director of the Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club, explained in a Bleeding Heartland post from November that last year, the EPA objected to the impaired waters list the DNR submitted.

Jan 12, 2025 | bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Bruce Lear |Rachel Bruns |Randy Evans

Iowa's first trans legislator is ready for the hard work ahead Sunday, Jan 12 2025 0 Comments Thirteenth in a series interpreting the results of Iowa’s 2024 state and federal elections. When the Iowa legislature reconvenes in Des Moines on January 13, fifteen state House members and six state senators will be sworn in for the first time. But one of them is marking more than a personal milestone. Aime Wichtendahl will make history as Iowa’s first transgender state lawmaker.