10 Sep 2019

The Bill of Rights Turns 230, and What Do We Have to Show for It? Nothing Good

By John W Whitehead

“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on.” — Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

09 Sep 2019

Iowa Public Television Receives 11 Upper Midwest Emmy(c) Award Nominations

By Susan Ramsey

JOHNSTON, IOWA (September 9, 2019) — The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences — Upper Midwest Chapter recently announced the 2019 Emmy(c) Award nominees. Iowa Public Television received 11 nominations.

 

Arts/Entertainment — Program

Des Moines Metro Opera Presents Rusalka

 

Business/Consumer: Program — Feature Segment

Market to Market: Joni’s Journey

 

Children/Teen

Kids Clubhouse Adventures: Sound

09 Sep 2019

Universal Basic Income is a Totalitarian State's Dream Scheme

By Thomas L Knapp

Andrew Yang's small-but-solid polling in the Democratic Party's 2020 nomination race shows that "Universal Basic Income" has gone from a fringe idea to an idea with a foothold in the popular consciousness. Supporters of a basic income span the political spectrum and the economic upheavals of the 21st century — especially fears that automation will increasingly replace human workers — are likely to fuel its journey to the center of policy discussions over the next few years.

09 Sep 2019

CBJ Cybersecurity Breakfast to Look Inside the Mind of a Hacker

By Ashley Moore

 

NORTH LIBERTY, IOWA (September 9, 2091) — The Corridor Business Journal has announced speakers for its fifth-annual Cybersecurity Breakfast, to be held September 24, 8-10AM, at the Coralville Marriott.

06 Sep 2019

USCIS Proposes More Effective and Efficient Processing of Work Authorization Requests for Asylum Applicants

By Genevieve Billia

WASHINGTON DC (September 6, 2019) — Today, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a proposed regulation to improve the process for granting or denying an initial application for employment-authorization documents (EADs) by reforming the current 30-day timeline pertaining to pending asylum-applicants.

06 Sep 2019

Swine Exhibitors Take Top Honors at Iowa State Fair Berkshire Show

By Mindy Williamson

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 6, 2019) — Reed Family Berks of Ottumwa won the Champion Gilt in the Berkshire Show at the 2019 Iowa State Fair. The Reserve Gilt was shown by Brent Meister of Kingsley. The Champion Boar banner went to Brennan Lynch of Boone while the Reserve Champion Boar banner was awarded to Ploeger Show Pigs of Pierson.

Animals are divided according to farrowing date based on the other animals entered in the competition.

 

BERKSHIRE

 

06 Sep 2019

Iowa Farms Sweep Spotted Swine Show at Iowa State Fair

By Mindy Williamson

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 6, 2019) — Pink Genetics of Douds took home the Champion Gilt honors at the Spotted Swine Show judged at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.

Bombei and Sons Showpigs of Delta exhibited the Reserve Champion Gilt. Neihaus and Feldman Genetics of Greene earned Champion Boar. Joel Olson of Atkins claimed Grand Champion Boar.

Niehaus and Feldman Genetics of Greene earned Premier Exhibitor honors.

06 Sep 2019

Top Honors Awarded at Iowa State Fair Yorkshire Show

By Mindy Williamson

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 6, 2019) — Hildreth Show Pigs of Jewell received Champion Boar honors at the Yorkshire Swine show judged at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.

Joe Bair of Elkhart received the Reserve Champion Boar title.

Double WW Swine of Swaledale exhibited the Champion Gilt, while Delaney Runner of Gilman exhibited the Reserve Champion Gilt.

Animals are divided according to farrowing date based on the other animals entered in the competition.

06 Sep 2019

Wellsburg Farm Awarded Top Honors at Iowa State Fair Hawkeye Market Swine Show

By Mindy Williamson

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 6, 2019) — Tommy Janssen of Wellsburg was awarded the Grand Champion Hawkeye Market Swine Banner at the Hawkeye Market Swine show at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.

Chanan and Tinlee Snakenberg of Fremont were awarded Reserve Grand Champion Hawkeye Market Swine.

 

Additional results below:

 

HAWKEYE MARKET SWINE

Purebred Truckload

1) Wulf Brothers, Donahue

2) Bad Habbit Show Pigs, New Hartford

 

05 Sep 2019

Rutherford Institute Launches Inquiry Into Government Use of Drivers’ License Photos to Build Facial Recognition Database, Track Citizens

By The Rutherford Institute

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (September 5, 2019) — Pushing back against the expansion of secret government-surveillance programs at the expense of individual privacy, The Rutherford Institute is asking the State of Illinois to disclose information about its participation in the federal government’s scheme to establish a massive facial-recognition data

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