Historians, ecologists talk through Iowa’s environmental history
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Historians, ecologists talk through Iowa’s environmental history
Three lobbyists talk about their role during the Iowa legislative session.
Iowa is among 26 states -- most of which are in the Eastern U.S. -- that do not have citizen-led ballot initiatives. Instead, the Iowa Legislature starts the process of amending the Iowa Constitution.
How long you wait at a red light varies by intersection, time of day
Butterfly numbers are down this year across Iowa and beyond. Why is that? And why does it matter?
While Iowa has fewer counties now than it did in its early days, it still has 99, and some people argue that’s too many.
10 falcons were hacked atop Verizon Building in 1989. What became of them?
Boathouses on the Cedar River date back to the 1880s. Generations of families have called the buoyant neighborhood home in the summers, and enjoy boating and spending time on the river.
Iowa law dictates that schools can’t start their school year before Aug. 23. This wasn’t always the case.
How do the Iowa Department of Transportation and the city of Cedar Rapids handle animal carcasses on Iowa’s roads? And how can you report them?
And how did 4-H rejuvenate county fairs in the 1900s?
A 1985 Riverside City Council member put the town on the map in an intergalactic way.
Spending time on patrol, even when there aren’t specific calls to respond to, means that officers can be available in different parts of their territoriy when something does come up. But how do officers decide where to spend their time while patrolling?
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