22 Oct 2019

Coming Sooner or Later: Elizabeth Warren's Mondale Moment

By Thomas L Knapp

"Let's tell the truth," said Walter Mondale as he accepted the Democratic Party's 1984 presidential nomination. "It must be done, it must be done. Mr Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did." That comment looms large in popular memory as the cause of Mondale's crushing defeat that November. Of 50 states, he carried only one, his home state of Minnesota, polling only 40.6% of votes nationwide to Ronald Reagan's 58.8%.

22 Oct 2019

Would Medicare for All Require a Middle-Class Tax Hike?

By Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

WASHINGTON DC (October 22, 2019) — With several 2020 presidential candidates endorsi

22 Oct 2019

Spring Forward and World Relief Family Literacy Program Visits Dairy Farm for a Day of New Experiences

By Robbie McIntyre

BLUE GRASS, IOWA (October 22, 2019) — Students and instructors from Spring Forward’s Family Literacy Program will visit Majestic Manor Dairy Farm on Wednesday, October 23, 9:30-11AM. The students are adult English Learners, most of whom are new to our community.

22 Oct 2019

Hawki Program Celebrates 20 Years

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 22, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds joins the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) in celebrating 20 years of the Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (Hawki) program. Hawki provides free or low-cost health-coverage to children and families whose income is too high to qualify for Medicaid, but too low to afford individual or employer-provided health care.

22 Oct 2019

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Kicks Off National Lead-Poisoning Prevention Week

By US Environmental Protection Agency

WASHINGTON DC (October 22, 2019) — EPA is recognizing the start of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) by releasing The Progress Report on the Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures and Associated Health Impacts (Progress Report). The Progress Report outlines key EPA actions that have been made since December 2018 to address these commitments as outlined in the Federal Lead Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures and Associated Health Impac

22 Oct 2019

The Annual “Bikes for Brains” Fundraiser Has Begun

By Mary McNeil

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 22, 2019) — The popular, annual fundraiser is underway to help 130 children receive their Christmas wish — a bicycle. According to organizer Sandy Seeley, many local children put a bicycle on their Christmas wish-list, but, sadly, many do not receive one because their families cannot afford it.

22 Oct 2019

Hy-Vee Stores Host Annual Halloween Party This Saturday

By Christina Gayman

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (October 22, 2019) — On Saturday, October 26, more than 250 Hy-Vee stores will host a Halloween Party featuring trick-or-treating and family-friendly activities from 1-3PM. The free event includes coloring, cookie-decorating, mini-pumpkin-painting, and more. Children dressed in costume will receive a free trick-or-treat bag, while supplies last.

22 Oct 2019

The Pathocracy of the Deep State: Tyranny at the Hands of a Psychopathic Government

By John W Whitehead

“Politicians are more likely than people in the general population to be sociopaths. I think you would find no expert in the field of sociopathy/psychopathy/antisocial personality disorder who would dispute this...

22 Oct 2019

Costumes, Campsites, and Family Fun: Illiniwek to Host Halloween Event October 26, 2019

By Ross Smith

HAMPTON, ILLINOIS (October 22, 2019) — Illiniwek will host a Halloween event with costume- and campsite-decorating contests, hayrack rides, pumpkin painting, scarecrow building, bounce houses, a haunted house, and trick-or-treating on October 26, 12-6PM.

22 Oct 2019

National Report Highlights Iowa’s Progress in Closing the K-12 Digital Divide

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 22, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds announced that Iowa’s classrooms are more connected today than ever before. One-hundred percent of K-12 students in Iowa now have access to high-speed broadband on par with the Federal Communications Commission’s minimum goal of 100 kbps per student, opening the door to expanded opportunities for teaching and learning in Iowa’s classrooms.

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