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usatoday.com | Sabine Martin
• U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson held two town halls in Elkader and Decorah Iowa May 28. The crowd erupted with anger over her support for the GOP tax bill. • Despite the heckling, Hinson said she plans to continue holding town halls and visits with Iowans to answer voters' questions. ELKADER, Iowa - Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson didn't falter in her support for President Donald Trump as she faced spurts of jeers and heckling over Congress' mega tax policy bill at two eastern Iowa town halls.
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1 week ago | 
desmoinesregister.com | Sabine Martin
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson held two town halls in Elkader and Decorah Iowa May 28. The crowd erupted with anger over her support for the GOP tax bill. Despite the heckling, Hinson said she plans to continue holding town halls and visits with Iowans to answer voters' questions. U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson didn't falter in her support for President Donald Trump as she faced spurts of jeers and heckling over Congress' mega tax policy bill at two Iowa town halls.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Sabine Martin
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson didn't falter in her support for President Donald Trump as she faced spurts of jeers and heckling over Congress' mega tax policy bill at two Iowa town halls. "What about due process!" an audience member yelled. "What's the point if you're going to talk the whole time!" another attendee said.
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desmoinesregister.com | Sabine Martin
Starting in the 2026-27 academic year, it will be mandatory for ninth- through 12th-grade students to pass the exam that is taken to become a U.S. citizen to graduate. High schoolers will be required to earn a score of at least 60% on the civics test to graduate, but retakes are unlimited. Iowa students will be required to pass a civics test to graduate high school under a law Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed.
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1 week ago | 
desmoinesregister.com | Sabine Martin
Artist Claire Sedovic started her work on an intricate and vibrant mural in March, meant to capture the mood of Des Moines on a wall in the city's downtown skywalk that normally sits empty. But she wasn't alone. Nearly 300 Iowans joined Sedovic in 15-minute shifts to participate in a paint-by-numbers mural that included Des Moines and Iowa icons like the Iowa Capitol, nods to RAGBRAI and the city's farmers market and Varsity Cinema's building front.
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1 week ago | 
desmoinesregister.com | Sabine Martin
The U.S. Senate is considering Trump's sweeping tax and policy bill, which includes increasing the endowment tax for private colleges. Grinnell College's has a $1.5 million endowment value per student, which means the institution would face a 14% tax hike. Grinnell College's president estimates the college would pay $30 million in taxes under the proposal compared to $2.4 million in the most recent year.
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2 weeks ago | 
desmoinesregister.com | Sabine Martin
An unvaccinated adult in central Iowa has tested positive for measles, marking the first confirmed case of the highly contagious respiratory virus in the state since 2019, the state Department of Health and Human Services said. Iowa HHS wrote in a release Friday, May 23, that the case tested positive through the State Hygienic Laboratory. The state hasn't released the identity of the person who tested positive nor where they are from.
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2 weeks ago | 
press-citizen.com | Sabine Martin |Michaela Ramm
An unvaccinated adult in central Iowa has tested positive for measles, marking the first confirmed case of the highly contagious respiratory virus in the state since 2019, the state Department of Health and Human Services said. Iowa HHS wrote in a release Friday, May 23, that the person's case tested positive through the State Hygienic Laboratory. The state hasn't released the identity of the person who tested positive, nor where they are from.
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2 weeks ago | 
desmoinesregister.com | Sabine Martin
All of Iowa's U.S. House members voted to pass President Donald Trump's sweeping reconciliation bill. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said in a call with reporters earlier this week that putting the responsibility of the SNAP program on states is "unreasonable."Iowa's Republican delegation helped push President Donald Trump's sweeping budget bill through Congress that includes massive tax cuts but also slashes Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and raises the deficit.
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2 weeks ago | 
press-citizen.com | Sabine Martin
All of Iowa's U.S. House members voted to pass President Donald Trump's sweeping reconciliation bill. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said in a call with reporters earlier this week that putting the responsibility of the SNAP program on states is "unreasonable."Iowa's Republican delegation helped push through Congress President Donald Trump's sweeping budget bill which includes massive tax cuts but also slashes Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and raises the deficit.
