Two rights-crushing bills are currently moving through the Iowa Legislature this session for possible passage and the Governor's signature. The typical lack of concern for Iowans' interest characterizes our faux representative governance in the 21st Century, thanks in large measure to We the People's equally crushing apathy.

Iowa Government Entities Should Get Out of License Plate Surveillance Contracts

Iowa ACLU and University of Iowa Technical Law Clinic Release Exhaustive and Alarming Report on Automatic License Plate Readers Statewide

Local governments in Iowa should pause the use of automated license plate readers, civil rights advocates said last month, arguing the devices infringe on the privacy of drivers who have not violated any laws.

Overhead, Iowa's landscape is a quilt of green patches of cornfields stitched together by highways that connect its 934 cities. It’s a picturesque Grant Wood painting of rural America. But from the ground, these fields feel very different.