Ahead of Pipeline’s Expected Approval, Foes Gather in Boone
A week and a half away from the Iowa Utilities Board's expected decision to approve a construction permit for the Bakken crude oil pipeline,...
Weekly News Roundup: Grassley Vows No SCOTUS Hearings, Contractor Sues Egyptian Fertilizer Company
Grassley indicates he won't even hold hearings for Scalia's replacement: As Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, Chuck Grassley holds a powerful position over the fate...
Water Issues Inspired University of Iowa Dance Program
Water — how it moves, its environmental and health impacts and its cultural significance — inspired upcoming performances by the University of Iowa Dancers...
ISU Asks for Delay in Enforcing Marijuana Trademark Ruling
Iowa State University administrators have requested that a federal court stay a ruling last month determining that they violated a student group's free-speech rights...
IUB Chair: Bakken Pipeline Decision Coming in March
The Iowa Utilities Board plans to make a final decision on whether to approve Dakota Access LLC's petition for a hazardous liquid pipeline permit...
Weekly News Roundup: Cannabis Bill Advances as Funnel Deadline Kills Others, IUB Reconvenes on...
A look at some of the headlines over the past week, on the day of the Iowa Legislature's first funnel deadline for legislation to...
Quirmbach’s 21+ Smoking Bill Dies
A bill (SF 2016) introduced by Ames' Democratic state Sen. Herman Quirmbach that would have raised the smoking age in Iowa to 21 has...
Weekly News Roundup: Grassley Joins Calls to Delay Scalia Successor, Dems Seek to Halt...
A (belated) roundup of the stuff making headlines over the past week or so:
Grassley joins GOP calls to delay nomination of Scalia's successor: News...
Bakken Pipeline Decision May Not Come Until March [Updated]
Update, 2/11: The Iowa Utilities Board has decided against making a decision today on Dakota Access LLC's pipeline permit petition. Instead, the board scheduled a...
Weekly News Roundup: Dem Caucus Fallout, Chelgren’s Pander, Bakken Pipeline Decision Nears
Controversy Persists over Results of Democratic Caucuses: On Thursday, the Des Moines Register, in a strongly worded editorial titled "Something smells in the Democratic...
