The ‘CEO of Anti-Woke Inc.’ Has His Eye on the Presidency politi.co/3K3eVal via POLITICO

The Rural Blog: NPR does deep dive at West Virginia Public Broadcasting, finds CEO (governor's ex-flack) making editorial decisions: irjci.blogspot.com/2023/02/npr-do…

How Byproduct From Local Breweries is Helping Clean Our Wastewater news.wttw.com/2023/02/22/how…

How 71 women, a question and a mission opened The Centennial restaurant and saved a historic building desmoinesregister.com/story/entertai… via Des Moines Register

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The Rural Blog: Rural counties have been trying to ban renewable-energy projects, so Illinois and Calif. legislatures banned the bans: irjci.blogspot.com/2023/03/rural-…

We are working to collect data on any universities which officially teach a course on the history of the Midwest and, for comparison, on universities which teach courses on the history of the American West or South (which most seem to do). Please share data with @KevinMasonCity

2023’s+States+with+the+Best+&+Worst+Taxpayer+ROI wallethub.com/edu/state-taxp… via+WalletHub

Trump and Iowa evangelicals: A bond that is hard to break | AP News apnews.com/article/trump-…

Illinois school districts could be required to have full-day kindergarten by 2027 if legislation passes chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/4/20/2369…

The Rural Blog: Award-winning NPR affiliate struggles with state university overseers about investigative reporting on public figures: irjci.blogspot.com/2023/04/award-…

A pandemic experiment in universal free school meals gains traction in the states iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/04/22/a-p… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

The Rural Blog: Satellites can spot methane emissions from individual wells: irjci.blogspot.com/2023/05/satell…

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‘We need help and we’re not getting it’: what a surge in murders means for Black women in Iowa theguardian.com/us-news/2023/a…

The Rural Blog: Nursing schools are turning away thousands of qualified applicants despite nursing shortage: irjci.blogspot.com/2023/10/nursin…

Drake University plans to cut faculty positions, programs to balance budget deficit iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/11/24/dra… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

Join us! Besides my excellent Brookings Governance colleagues, we have two great journalists who know what’s happening on the ground in Iowa and New Hampshire, David Yepsen (who covered Iowa politics for the Des Moines Register over 34 years) & Victoria McGrane, the The Boston Globe’s political editor.

Eighty-three percent of households in southern Gaza have inadequate food consumption, according to the report, with 38% suffering from “severe levels of hunger.” nbcnews.com/news/world/hun…

Imagine the money and carbon to be saved if every small town did this…Hats off to Morris MN! google.com/gasearch?q=mor…