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Ballot instructions generate confusion
Susan Patterson PlankExecutive Director, Iowa Newspaper Association During the Iowa Legislative session in 2017, then Governor Terry Branstad signed House File 566 into law a bill requiring joint school and city elections. According to the Secretary of State’s Office the last four school elections, the voter turnout average was 6.5% and the average voter turnout…
Read MoreHelp Promote Business Horizons Summer Media Camp
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 The Iowa Newspaper Association has provided new ads for newspapers to run in their publications. The ads promote Business Horizons Summer Media Camp. The Iowa Newspaper Foundation, in partnership with the Iowa Association of Business and Industry, is in its eighth year of offering an in-depth media experience for Iowa high…
Read MoreA judge should not prohibit publishing facts
Wednesday, January 2, 2019 A judge should not prohibit publishing facts By Randy Evans Executive Director Iowa Freedom of Information Council On the morning of Aug. 31, shortly after 8:30, a 12-year-old boy pulled out a gun in his seventh-grade classroom in Eldridge, a community just north of Davenport. In an instant, he directed his classmates to…
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