A new exhibit at Davenport’s Putnam Museum aims to use human DNA to counter misconceptions about race. Studies show the concept of race has no scientific basis, and skin color variation largely correlates with geography. Putnam CEO Kim Findlay says curators hope to demonstrate that by building a world map using visitors’ genetic results from […]Powered by WPeMatico
Another proposal to alter the state’s “bottle bill” has emerged in the Iowa Senate. For decades, legislators have debated making changes in the system that charges a deposit fee on bottles and cans of alcohol and carbonated beverages. For years, the stores that sell those beverages have objected to being the place customers go with […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling in favor of a rural electric cooperative in a plane crash in Grundy County. The family of Max Morrison appealed a unanimous jury verdict that the Grundy County Rural Electric Cooperative acted negligently — but its negligence did not cause the plane crash in November of […]Powered by WPeMatico
A group of family members and supporters of people with autism plans on filing a proposal with the state’s cannabis board this week calling for access to medical marijuana for severe autism patients of all ages. The state is currently considering allowing medical marijuana treatments for some children with autism, if they have self-injuring or […]Powered by WPeMatico
In an interview published tonight by Bloomberg News, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst said she was raped by a boyfriend when she was a student at Iowa State University. Ernst told a Bloomberg reporter she broke up with the abusive man she dated in college and got help from the campus counseling center in Ames, but […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he doesn’t expect there’s enough support to reopen the federal government at Thursday night’s vote. Grassley a Republican was asked about the government shutdown during stop at an Charles City business. He says negotiations between House leaders and the President are the only way to end the 32-day shutdown — […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Republicans on a special committee reviewing the challenged outcome of a northeast Iowa legislative race say a batch of uncounted ballots should remain sealed. “We lack the legal authority to open those ballots and count them because those 29 ballots did not have an ‘intelligent bar code,’ which is required by law,” Representative Steven […]Powered by WPeMatico
J.D. Scholten, the Democrat who gave Republican Congressman Steve King a surprisingly close race in November, was at the statehouse this morning to launch a new campaign. “I would like to introduce our new non-profit WorkingHeroIowa.org,” Scholten said. The group’s aim is to increase the number of low-income Iowans who claim the Earned Income Tax […]Powered by WPeMatico
Forecasters say the heavy snow that fell on Iowa in the past 24 hours was only half the story. Bitter cold will be the second part and it will arrive tomorrow. Meteorologist Brooke Hagenhoff, at the National Weather Service office in Johnston, says the town of Earlham , just west of Des Moines, reports ten […]Powered by WPeMatico
