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The Skinny
Iowa411 News Briefs for December 19, 2025
Summary Today’s news briefs cover pension regulation disputes, a Menards consumer settlement, teachers’ funding demands,...
Iowa411 News Briefs for December 18, 2025
Summary Today’s News Briefs examine widening economic inequality, political accountability, and policy consequences for...
Iowa411 News Briefs for December 17, 2025
Summary Today’s Iowa411 News Briefs cover the identification of two Iowa National Guard soldiers and a civilian interpreter...
Iowa411 News Briefs for December 16, 2025
Summary Iowa411’s December 16, 2025, briefs examine rural economic fallout from the scheduled expiration of enhanced ACA...
Iowa411 News Briefs for December 15, 2025
Summary Iowa411 News Briefs for December 15, 2025, cover the identification of Sgt. Nate Howard of the Iowa National Guard,...
Editorial: Ideology Disguises Itself as Academic Reform
Forced Ideology Has No Place on Iowa Universities On December 9, the ultra-conservative Manhattan Institute’s City Journal...
Iowa411 News Briefs for December 14, 2025
Summary Two Iowa National Guard members were killed in a Syria ambush blamed on ISIS, marking the deadliest attack on U.S....