By CAMI KOONS Iowa Capital Dispatch Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand released policy priorities Wednesday to support Iowa farm and rural economies. Part of Sand’s priorities included raising the state minimum wage to $12 an hour, ending Iowa’s privatized Medicaid program and ...
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have at least one viable site for a stadium in northwest Indiana and they are examining a second location as they move closer to finalizing a place for their new home. The Bears announced in June that they were moving forward with a stadium ...
By ROBIN OPSAHL Iowa Capital Dispatch Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said Iowa can find ways to be more “proactive” in collecting and responding to Medicaid fraud tips as the Iowa Medicaid Fraud Elimination Task Force held its second meeting Wednesday. The task force was convened ...
There should be some questions so fundamental that answering them does not require a political debate. What does the "W" in WNBA stand for? Women. That is not an insult to anyone. It is not hatred. It is not intolerance. It is the very reason the league exists. Women's sports were created because biological differences between men and women matter in athletic competition. Separate categories gave women the opportunity to compete, excel, win championships, earn scholarships, break records and build professional careers on a fair playing field. If biological sex becomes ...
Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan keeps calling himself a capitalist. And the Democratic Socialists of America keep backing him to the eyeballs. Why? Because the DSA understands that El-Sayed has to say that to win over even Democrats in a moderate state like Michigan. They firmly expect that once elected, he would do as they say, which happily conforms with what he truly believes. Confusing? Yes, on purpose. But let's move beyond this war of labels. Let's stop using socialist and capitalist as either compliments or denunciations. The United States has a mixed ...
By CAMI KOONS Iowa Capital Dispatch The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is working to develop a reporting and data collection system to better understand recycling in the state. In an online stakeholder meeting Tuesday about a study comparing other states’ data collection ...
