09 Apr 2019

Financial Tyranny: America Has Become a Pay-to-Play Exercise in Fascism

By John W Whitehead

If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street, If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat. If you get too cold I’ll tax the heat, If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet.   Don’t ask me what I want it for If you don’t want to pay some more ‘Cause I’m the taxman, yeah, I’m the taxman… And you’re working for no one but me. — George Harrison, “Taxman”

08 Apr 2019

Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful Announce 2019 Grant Awards

By Gerald F Schnepf

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 8, 2019) — Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful announced the grant awards for the 2019 Paint Iowa Beautiful program. The program provides free paint to a wide variety of public service projects throughout Iowa. This is the second year Diamond Vogel agreed to expand the paint allocation to include Iowa's 70 state parks. 2020 will mark the 100th anniversary of Iowa's state park system.

05 Apr 2019

The Gig Economy is What Yesterday's Socialists Said They Wanted. Why do Today's Socialists Hate it?

By Thomas L Knapp

A February Harris poll finds that 49.6% of Millennial and Generation Z Americans would "prefer living in a socialist country."

US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), among other politicians, proclaim a message of "democratic socialism," evoking an ideology last ascendant in the early 1900s when Eugene Debs and Norman Thomas moved the needle in US elections.

05 Apr 2019

Napping Not Allowed: Ban on Sleeping in Cars Could Allow Police to Seize Car Occupants, Vehicles and Carry Out Warrantless Searches

By Rutherford Institute

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA (April 5, 2019) — The Rutherford Institute is sounding the alarm over a local Virginia ordinance that makes it illegal for people to sleep in their cars and subjects them to warrantless seizures and searches by police and a fine of $250.

05 Apr 2019

Architect Recognized for Public Service to Quad Cities

By Jessica Reinert

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (April 5, 2019) — Craig Shannon AIA, a member of the American Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter (AIA Iowa), has been recognized as a participant in the AIA Iowa Citizen Architect Program by AIA Iowa for service to the Quad Cities area.

04 Apr 2019

Felix Adler Children's Discovery Center: “Clinton, Iowa’s Children’s Museum” Eggs-periments, Windy Day, and Egg-stravaganza

By Nikki McGinnis

04 Apr 2019

Iowa Public Television Announces 2019 Reading Road Trip

By Susan Ramsey

JOHNSTON, IOWA (April 4, 2019) — Iowa Public Television's Dan Wardell kicks off his thirteenth annual Reading Road Trip on Thursday, June 6. This summer, 29 lucky Iowa communities will receive a visit from Wardell, the popular host of the children's series KIDS Clubhouse Adventures. IPTV partners with librarians statewide to promote summer-reading each year.

04 Apr 2019

Juvenile Materials Go Fine-Free in the Library

By Brittany Peacock

DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 4, 2019) — All juvenile materials go fine-free in the Davenport Public Library.

At the City Council Meeting on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, the announcement was made that all Juvenile Materials in the Davenport Public Library will be deemed fine-free beginning April 8, to kick off National Library Week.

04 Apr 2019

Teacher Job Fair

By Whitney Smith

BETTENDORF, IOWA (April 3, 2019) — The Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency and Regional Office of Education is hosting its Teacher Job Fair on Monday, April 15, 2019, at the Mississippi Bend AEA located at 729 21st Street in Bettendorf, from 2-5PM. The purpose of the Teacher Job Fair is to bring school districts looking for teachers together with teachers looking for jobs.

03 Apr 2019

This One Weird Trick for Legalizing Marijuana

By Thomas L Knapp

Governor Andrew Cuomo "insisted Monday (April 1) that New York will pass a law to legalize recreational pot before the Legislature adjourns in June," The New York Post reports. He's been promising legalization for some time. Many New Yorkers had hoped the measure would be included in this year's state budget.

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