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Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
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Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has assembled a task force of law enforcement officials and members of Iowa’s Jewish community to address acts of antisemitism in Iowa. “The things that we hear about, they’re not just news stories,” Bird said during a news conference held at the Iowa Holocaust Memorial near the Iowa Capitol. “It’s ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
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Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra is co-sponsoring a bill to require Medicare to cover over-the-phone telehealth services for another year. That coverage was set to expire on December 31 of this year. “Audio only services are a lifeline to rural communities across the country who still contend with severe lack of broadband access,” Feenstra said during ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
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Civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to block enforcement of an Iowa law that would let state officials arrest and deport immigrants who are in Iowa after previously being deported or denied entry to the country. The law is scheduled to take effect July 1. “It is truly impossible to overstate how terrible ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
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Republicans in Iowa’s U.S. House delegation are denouncing President Biden’s decision to deny offensive weapons to Israel. Biden says the U.S. will continue to supply defensive weapons to Israel, but not bombs and other weapons that could be used in an all-out assault on Rafah, a city in Gaza where an estimated one million people ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
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Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is blasting the Biden Administration for putting a hold on the shipment of 3500 bombs to Israel. “This is absolutely unacceptable,” Ernst said. “Withholding any support from Israel is literally appeasing Iran-backed Hamas terrorists while they are still holding our Americans hostage and so I am demanding answers for why the ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
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A name change means the 10,000 Iowa kids who are in Boy Scouts of America today will be in “Scouting America” troops starting February 8 of next year. “We started allowing young ladies to join our programs about five years ago and so this coincidentally enough coincides with the five year anniversary of that change ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
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Governor Reynolds has signed a bill into law that raises the maximum tax deduction for contributing to a “College Savings Iowa” account to $5200. That’s 22% higher than what was allowed this year. The higher tax deduction also applies to contributions to I-ABLE accounts which cover expenses related to a disability. “Today is the biggest ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
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Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says prospects for congressional approval of a new Farm Bill are fading. “So what we call the five-year Farm Bill of 2018 last year became a six-year Farm Bill,” Grassley says, “and it could become a seven year Farm Bill.” The Democrat who’s chairwoman of the Senate Ag Committee released a ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
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Nearly $27 million in state funding that could have been used for prevention and treatment of opioid use won’t be spent. States are getting money from legal settlements with pharmaceutical companies and distributors accused of fueling the opioid crisis, but Republicans in the Iowa House and Senate can’t agree on how money in the Iowa’s ..read more
Radio Iowa – Politics-Government
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Adam Gregg, Iowa’s Lieutenant Governor, is urging Iowans to vote for a proposed amendment to Iowa’s Constitution. “You might remember, back when Governor Reynolds ascended, there was a dispute about whether she could appoint a new lieutenant governor,” Gregg said to delegates at the Iowa GOP’s state convention on Saturday. “There’s a constitutional amendment that’s ..read more