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Reynolds signs law increasing penalties for selling fentanyl

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Tuesday that increases penalties for crimes related to dealing fentanyl and other drugs.

Corn is planted with a view of wind turbines on April 2, in Lake Benton, Minn. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country.

Biden administration announces nearly $11B for renewable energy in rural communities

Agriculture Secretary Tom said it was the largest single federal investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936.

Sows in breeding stalls on Dwight Mogler's farm in northwest Iowa.

The US Supreme Court upheld Proposition 12. What’s next for pork producers in Iowa?

After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a California animal welfare law requiring more space for pigs, some pork producers have already complied with the requirements, while others say they won’t.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, pictured here on April 21, 2023, signed a slate of bills Monday, one of which bans DEI initiatives in his state's universities.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill banning DEI initiatives in public colleges

This move follows recent efforts by Gov. DeSantis to crack down on what he calls "woke indoctrination" in schools.

A sulfur cave in Colorado is a site of scientific discovery

In Steamboat Springs, Colorado, there's a rare sulfur cave where people are normally forbidden to go. But Aaron Scott, the co-host of NPR's science podcast Short Wave, recently got a chance to go in.

Jennifer Harvey's Jersey cow Brew who is due to have calves in a few weeks. Harvey and her family have been drinking raw milk and using it in butter, cheese and even soap for a little more than a year.

Raw milk sales will soon be legal in Iowa, joining most of Midwest. But health experts offer caution

Iowa is the latest state to legalize the sale of raw milk, which comes directly from cows without any pasteurization. While nearly every Midwestern state allows such sales, some health experts caution there are health risks to drinking it.

Iowa'c Capitol during the late afternoon

Bill awaiting governor's signature is expected to offer child care assistance to more Iowans

More Iowans could qualify for government-funded help with paying for child care under a bill awaiting the governor’s signature.

Anna Thorvaldsdottir begins her composing process by drawing shapes and writing words to help store musical information. Her scores themselves are finely detailed.

Structural integrity: Anna Thorvaldsdottir's rigorous, regenerative music

The Icelandic composer talks about the creative forces behind her distinctive music, her presence in the movie Tár and the "dome of energy" that fuels her country's artistic productivity.

People pass the front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, on March 22. Brinkmanship in Washington over raising the U.S. debt ceiling has begun to raise worries in parts of the financial markets.

What you need to know about the debt ceiling as the deadline looms

What is the debt ceiling? What could happen if it's not raised? Here are answers to questions you may be asking about the debt limit and the fight over it.

Voters wait in a queue to cast their ballot at a polling station during the country's general election in Narathiwat, southern Thailand, on May 14, 2023.

Thailand's voters overwhelmingly support opposition parties in elections

The Pheu Thai party and the progressive Move Forward Party made a strong showing, in a repudiation to the military-backed government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.

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