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Companies starting or restarting nuclear facilities could receive sales tax exemptions during construction according to a bill headed to the governor’s desk.

Four states have recently passed legislation to limit teaching and assessments via screens for students. So has the United States' second-largest school district.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act ended SNAP benefits for refugees and some other categories of immigrants with legal status. Republican lawmakers voted to put those restrictions into state law, too.

From peptides and protein to sleep hygiene and vaccines, what actually helps you age well? Physician Eric Topol breaks down the science — and the myths — of longevity and anti-aging.

Andy Sachs returns to Runway in a timely but unconvincing story about saving the magazine.

Democrat Rob Sand talks more about his ideas for water quality as he campaigns to be Iowa's next governor. Implicit bias prevention training for law officers wouldn't be required under a bill on the governor's desk. And buying beef in bulk might be a way to save money on beef.

On this episode, we talk with the people behind Iowa's two Latino film festivals. The Des Moines Latino Film Festival just held its sixth annual event on April 11. Antonio Romero of the Latino Center of Iowa and Ben Godar of Varsity Cinema, who co-present the festival, share how their partnership has reshaped the festival the last couple years, and their hopes for the future. Then, we get a preview of the inaugural Aqui y Alla Latin American Film Festival happening May 1-3 at Filmscene in Iowa City with programming director Ben Delgado and festival committee member Ariana Martinez. Also, poets JD Schraffenberger and Sean Thomas Dougherty join to discuss their recently published "chapbook" of golden shovel-formatted poems that were inspired by the work of James Hearst.

David Axelrod has been one of the most influential voices in American politics for four decades — he helped build the Obama coalition, he has watched the Democratic Party lose its way with working people and he's not pulling punches about what comes next. On this episode, we listen back to highlights from a recent wide-ranging conversation Axelrod, recorded live at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City.

Congress has ended the record-breaking shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. And, May Day demonstrations across the U.S. are expected to draw crowds protesting the Trump administration.

Electric vehicles lose some range in the winter — and, to a lesser degree, in the summer. But exactly how much? AAA has brand-new data.