Diesel prices shoot upward as Sen. Chuck Grassley begs Trump for export embargo
WASHINGTON — Diesel prices hit a record average of $6.51 a gallon Monday, and some in President Donald Trump’s own party are breaking their support for the ongoing war in Iran that has driven fuel prices to staggering levels in the United States and across the globe. Already House Republicans locked in tight races as […]
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Randy Evans is executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes openness and transparency in Iowa’s state and local governments. He can be reached at DMRevans2810@gmail.com. This essay first appeared on his Substack newsletter, Stray Thoughts. In recent weeks, people from Cherokee, Des Moines, and Ottumwa have contacted the Iowa […]
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Iowa corn and soybean crops are slightly behind typical harvest and maturity schedules as farmers had less than two days suitable for field work due to rainy conditions over the past week. The latest crop progress and condition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows Iowa farmers had harvested 4% of corn acres and […]
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There’s one scene in writer-director Sea Fahey’s film For Kicks that I can’t stop thinking about. The documentary by the Iowa City transplant covers a pair of Black martial artists who broke into the overseas kung fu movie market in its hey-day: Eugene Thomas, a native Chicagoan, and Ron van Clief out of Brooklyn, New […]