by Jack O’Connor, Iowa Capital Dispatch June 17, 2024 Iowa scored relatively well in education rankings among the states, but with declining test scores and on-time high school graduation rates decreasing, the state has fallen from its highs of previous years, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Sixty-seven percent of […]
by Ariana Figueroa, Iowa Capital Dispatch June 14, 2024 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down a rule enacted following a 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas that defined a semiautomatic rifle equipped with a bump stock attachment as a machine gun, which is generally prohibited under federal law. The opinion, written […]
by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch June 14, 2024 A subsidiary of Alliant Energy — a major wind energy producer in the state — seeks to succeed where other companies have failed: It wants to recycle old wind turbine blades that have sometimes languished in large piles in Iowa. The blades are often made of […]
by Brooklyn Draisey, Iowa Capital Dispatch June 11, 2024 A suspect has been apprehended in an incident where four Cornell College instructors, one of whom is the brother of Iowa Rep. Adam Zabner, were injured Monday during a visit to a public park in Jilin City, China. The instructors from the Mount Vernon college were […]
by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch June 12, 2024 Avian flu has infected cattle of a third dairy farm in northwest Iowa, according to the state Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. All three of the highly pathogenic avian influenza infections — the first in cattle in the state — have been discovered by testing […]
by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch June 6, 2024 Despite drier than typical conditions last week in Iowa, the abundant rainfall of preceding weeks has continued to percolate into deeper soil that can be important for crop growth, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. About 92% of the state’s subsoil has adequate or surplus […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (June 5, 2024) – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in O’Brien County, Iowa. Final confirmatory testing is pending at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory […]
by Ariana Figueroa, Iowa Capital Dispatch June 4, 2024 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued an executive order that will allow him to partially suspend asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border when daily unauthorized crossings reach a threshold of 2,500 migrants. “I’ve come here today to do what Republicans in Congress refuse to […]
by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch June 4, 2024 Dairy farmers throughout the country are on guard and the federal government is mobilizing after an outbreak among cattle herds of highly pathogenic avian influenza — once thought to be confined to poultry flocks. What’s more, the virus, also known as H5N1 or bird flu, was […]
by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch June 3, 2024 WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci defended his decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, testifying before Congress about his work on the virus as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during two presidencies. House Republicans who called the hearing grilled Fauci […]
