May was Mental Health Awareness Month, and for the past few weeks, the Biden administration has announced a series of efforts to address the nation’s growing mental health crisis. Those come on top of the administration’s legislative achievements on mental health,...
The cities of Sheldon and Sibley will finally get connected to the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System, which will allow the two communities to have better access to clean water for less money. Lewis & Clark is a water system that, once completed, will...
Women and girls across the United States have suffered devastating experiences over the past year when seeking abortions and routine reproductive health care as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last June. A new study from the...
Tens of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in investments in clean energy could be at risk, due to a Republican effort to repeal portions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the landmark piece of legislation that President Biden signed into law...
A Manhattan jury on Tuesday found that former President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed magazine writer E. Jean Carroll, awarding her $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. The nine-person jury deliberated for just under three hours, according to...
More than 50 advocates met in Omaha, Neb. last month to discuss their federal and state policy priorities to help rural communities across the United States. The 2023 Rural Policy Action Summit was hosted by several organizations whose work focuses on advancing the...
New federal funding is on its way to Iowa, where it will help protect local ecosystems. Earlier this month, the Rock Island District in Pleasant Valley hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a $2.3 million mooring cell to be built in the Mississippi River. The cell...
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday morning that he’ll be running for re-election in 2024. He made the announcement in a three-minute video that centered around the concept of “freedom,” and laid out how his administration has expanded freedom for Americans while...
Before a jury in a Washington, D.C. federal court began deliberating last week on whether to hold five leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group responsible for violence committed on Jan. 6, 2021, they were shown two videos. One depicted a Black woman...
Friday marked 100 days since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives. It’s been a memorable, but unproductive time. Infighting within the Republican party began right away: it took a record 15 rounds of voting for Kevin McCarthy (R-California) to...
