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Call in Today on Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Reactor 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant Nebraskans and Iowans Please call in Tuesday, Aug. 27, from 1:30 until 4 p.m. CDT to listen and speak at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting with Omaha Public ...
Jim Mowrer Interview with Roll Call 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
This two minute, 27 second clip from a recent interview with Roll Call done by 4th Congressional District Democratic candidate Jim Mowrer made it into our inbox. It is worth listening to Mowrer say he...
Visa® Don’t Sponsor Hate 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
This is unacceptable. The anti-gay violence erupting in Russia goes against everything the Olympics stand for. But with only six months until the games are set to start, the International Olympic Com...
Tobacco and the Trans Pacific Trade Partnership 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Convenience Store At hundreds of convenience stores and retail outlets in Iowa, the drug trade has been and continues to be legal and in full force. Lowly paid wage workers ply a trade in tobacco, a ...
Blog for Iowa Recharged 26 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
L to R: Trish Nelson, Caroline Vernon, Dr. Alta Price, Paul Deaton, Dave Bradley. Photo by Dan DeShane DAVENPORT– Editors and contributors to Blog for Iowa met with our publisher on Thursday, Aug. 22...
George Raveling And “The Speech” 25 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
Iowans who have been around for the last 30 years can hardly forget George Raveling, the high energy former Iowa Men’s basketball coach. Raveling always prided himself more as a leader and shaper of y...
Iowa Labor Day Weekend Events 25 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
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Sunday Funday March Memorial Edition 25 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
just not sure The fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington took place yesterday. As with anything, memorials and anniversaries are but shadows of the real thing. I feel so lucky to have been a...
National Fast Food Strike Scheduled August 29th 24 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
striking-fast-food-workers Following successful smaller strikes around the country there will be an attempt at a national strike against fast food businesses next Thursday August 29th. The following ...
Fiftieth Anniversary Of The March On Washington 24 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Martin Luther King Today the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Justice is commemorated in Washington. Remember that Dr. King was among other things, a true believer in jobs wit...
