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Iowa’s nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency released its second proposal Thursday for new political boundaries after Republicans in the state Senate rejected the agency’s first plan.
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DANA CRONIN/HARVEST PUBLIC MEDIAResearchers have detected “forever chemicals” in a third of the Iowa streams they tested. The scientists say it’s significant that they found the toxic chemicals known as PFAS in remote and rural areas, away from sites known to have used them. -
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Lance Cheung/FlickrThe closing of TPI Composite’s wind turbine blade plant in Newton is another setback for the community that was home to Maytag. But demand for the blades is strong if the company can find a new customer.
Education
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To celebrate four years of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge, we highlight teachers whose students have shined.
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With students back at school this fall, classes sound almost normal — they just look a little different.
The Latest On COVID-19
- Despite higher COVID risk, most pregnant Americans remain unvaccinated
- Memes about COVID-19 helped us cope with life in a pandemic, a new study finds
- In Maine, a looming vaccine deadline for EMTs is stressing small-town ambulance crews
- The U.S. is ready to roll out the COVID vaccine once it's approved for kids age 5-11
Racial Justice
- 11 days after killing Moroccan man, a Texan is arrested on a murder warrant
- The Jubilee Singers, HBCU Fisk University's a cappella ensemble, celebrate 150 years
- A Black museum asks to melt Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue to create new art
- A Moroccan man was shot to death in Texas while sitting in a car
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