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The Iowa nursing home closings that began in 2022 are accelerating now—and they’re hitting small towns and rural communities the hardest. Colonial Manors of Manilla, which closed in July 2021—loss of 34 jobs—was the only Iowa nursing home closure that year reported to Iowa Workforce Development. But that began changing in July 2022, when the…

The initial estimate for the new Woodbury County Jail has gone up by 40%. If costs keep going up like they are, “we could be the most expensive jail in the United States.”

Iowa Senate Republicans passed HF 2416 on Wednesday, a bill that bans transgender girls from playing school-sponsored sports entirely. The measure passed along party lines, 31-17, and will more than likely be signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds. The main argument Republicans used is that they want to protect girls’ sports and Title IX victories. Another…

The Iowa State Fair may be a good place for conspirators to be in public, to say the quiet part out loud, and hardly get noticed. People are too busy eating food on sticks and taking pictures of the Butter Cow. If you happen to walk by the “Fair-Side Chats,” you may have watched Gov.…