JOHNSTON, IOWA (October 2, 2019) — Iowa Public Television’s (IPTV) commitment to early-childhood education continues with the expansion of its Ready for School initiative. Educational specialists will work with educators, parents, child-care providers, and community partners in several Iowa communities to implement STEM and literacy-based activities for children ages 2 through 6 years old.

Americans pay more for our prescription drugs than other people do — half again as much as Canadians or Germans, more than twice as much as Greeks or Italians.

“Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes… known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.… No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.” — James Madison

Politicians are people with jobs and with bosses. On its face that seems like a relatively uncontroversial statement, but I'm always surprised at how much time people spend looking for high principle in the decisions politicians make instead of considering the mundane dynamics of political employment.

MARION, IOWA (September 27, 2019) — Trees Forever and partners are “creating a buzz” this fall through a series of field days and tours teaching the public about the needs of pollinators and establishing high-quality pollinator habitat. 

 

Upcoming Creating a Buzz Field Days:

 

When: 

 

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

4-6PM

(registration at 3:30)

 

Where to Meet:

 

2015 100th St

WASHINGTON DC (September 26, 2019) — Denouncing state laws that claim to advocate for school choice while discriminating against individuals who favor private schools with religious ties, The Rutherford Institute has asked the US Supreme Court to reject a provision of Montana’s constitution that prohibits students from using scholarship

“Anyone who cares for someone with a developmental disability, as well as for disabled people themselves [lives] every day in fear that their behavior will be misconstrued as suspicious, intoxicated, or hostile by law enforcement.” — Steve Silberman, The New York Times

Did Vice-President Joe Biden threaten to withhold $1 billion in US loan guarantees from the Obama administration if the Ukrainian government failed to remove a prosecutor whose investigation targets included Burisma Holdings, a gas company on whose board Biden's son, Hunter, sat? Yes. He's publicly admitted it.

"Walmart Inc will stop selling e-cigarettes in its US locations as the country grapples with a string of vaping-related deaths," Bloomberg reports. CNN: "Walmart said Friday [September 20] it will stop selling e-cigarettes as the number of deaths tied to vaping grows." Associated Press: "Walmart said Friday that it will stop selling electronic-cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam's Clubs following a string of mysterious illnesses and deaths related to vaping."

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