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Considering Costs and Benefits for Iowa’s Data Center Boom
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Understanding America’s “K-Shaped” Economy
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Why Auditors Are Essential to Public Trust
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Law Mandates Ideologically Biased University “Civics” Courses
Law will force students to take (and pay for) biased, unpopular classes to graduateLaw Mandates...
Two New Screwworm Cases Confirmed in U.S. Livestock
What Iowa Livestock Producers Need to Know About the New World ScrewwormA livestock pest once...
The Skinny
Iran War Cease-Fire Holds, but War Expands Everywhere Else
Iran Thursday: Cease-Fire Holds but War Expands Everywhere ElseMore claims without substantiation, facts, or...
Cease-Fire Extended and War Logic Collapses Further
Iran Wednesday: Cease-Fire Extended, Ongoing Collapse of War LogicMore claims without substantiation, facts, or...
Iowa’s Slow Squeeze on Higher Education
Iowa Legislature and Regents Join Forces to Limit the State's Higher Education GrowthPolicy by Constraint, Not Growth A...
Trump: US Is Winning the Iran War by “A LOT”
More Unverifiable Iran War ClaimsMore claims without substantiation, facts, or details.Winning “By A LOT”: The War Only...
Great News, Iran Has Agreed to Everything! Not.
Great News, Iran Has Agreed to Everything! Not.There is no longer a question of whose Iran War messaging to...
Research Shows Links between Pollinators and Prairie Ecosystem
Iowa State University research links pollinators and prairie plants in creating biodiversityBy Brooklyn DraiseyIowa Capital...
USDA Staffing Cuts Threaten U.S. Agriculture Industry Stability
Farmers Urge Congress to Fully Staff USDA AgenciesFarmers Warn USDA Staffing Cuts Threaten Agriculture Stability More than...