On this Newsbuzz episode, IPR's Gavin McGough joins to discuss a new gas power plant that was approved by the Cedar Falls City Council this week, and IPR's Rachel Cramer shares how Iowa's landfills are filling up fast.
Cami Koons of Iowa Capital Dispatch reports on a multistate research project that held a panel of rural Iowans Tuesday, and we hear about the U.S. losing ground in the higher education space as Iowa State University and University of Iowa continue to slip in university rankings.
Humans for Racial Justice hosts their second annual Juneteenth event which tours local Underground Railroad sites in Cedar County, and IPR Studio One's Nick Brunner grooves us into the weekend.
Guests:
- Gavin McGough, IPR northeast Iowa reporter
- Rachel Cramer, IPR agriculture reporter
- Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch reporter covering agriculture and the environment
- Vanessa Miller, higher education reporter, The Gazette
- Joan Blundell, member, Humans for Racial Justice
- Kathleen Darling, member, Humans for Racial Justice
- Nick Brunner, Studio One program director
