On June 25, the Iowa Utilities Board approved Summit Carbon Solutions LLC’s use of eminent domain to place liquid carbon dioxide pipelines in Iowa, including Bremer and Butler counties. Summit’s pipelines will require in excess of half a billion gallons of groundwater per year to cool the carbon dioxide for transport. or...
Harming Public Education is a Top Republican Priority
In an attempt to frame himself as pro-education, Pat Grassley has spent several recent columnstouting his House education bills. He went so far as to write, “For Iowa House Republicans,education remains a top priority.” Harming public education appears to be a top priority forGovernor Reynolds and Pat Grassley. Please consider...
Editorial: Does Pat Grassley Understand What Iowa’s AEAs Provide Our Schools?
As a W-SR school board member and candidate for Iowa House District 57, I am compelled to respond to some of the misleading claims made by Pat Grassley in his recent article “Big wins in House File 2612”. Supplemental State Aid, or SSA, is the amount the state legislature will...