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Victory for Clean Water!  Iowa House Passes Bill Extending Ban on Manure Application iowacci.org Due to widespread pressure from members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) and other environmental groups from all across the state, the Iowa House passed … Continue reading →

Call to Action: Help One Iowa Protect Marriage in the Heartland! One Iowa launched this ad to start a conversation with Iowans about the Supreme Court decision that brought marriage equality to the heartland. We can't take this victory for … Continue reading →

Clean Water: A Right Iowans Should Not Be Forced To Forego DNR Report confirms Iowa's poor water qualityIowa CCI members call on state to protect Iowa's waterDes Moines, Iowa – On Tuesday, April 21, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources … Continue reading →

Health Care Reform Update: The Problem of Underinsurance by Alta L. Price, M.D. The May issue of Consumer Reports has an excellent article entitled “Hazardous health plans: Coverage gaps can leave you in big trouble”.  Many people who don’t have … Continue reading →

President Obama Returns to Iowa for Earth Day… and More Earth Day Events Newton Daily News President Obama Returns to Iowa for Earth Day President Barack Obama will be taking a tour of Trinity Structural Towers in Newton on Wednesday … Continue reading →

Watch Poisoned Waters on PBS Frontline, Then Join Save The Iowa River (STIR) waterkeeper.org (Dr. Alta Price's weekly Health Care Reform Update, normally seen here on Tuesdays will run tomorrow, then return to the regular Tuesday slot next week.  Please … Continue reading →

Victory for Localism!  Hope For Iowa Radio Mediaweek.com Note from BFIA:  Media reform activists are already celebrating, but BFIA would like to say to progressives everywhere:  This is really big news.  For background information as to why Iowa progressives should … Continue reading →

Obama Derangement Syndrome Epidemic on Conservative Airwaves Media Matters for America REPORT: Emerging Culture of Paranoia As regular readers know, BFIA has posted quite a bit on the conservative media (Right Wing Media & the Politics of Vitriol, 'Shock Jocks' … Continue reading →

Is Help On The Way For Iowa's Waterways?  Waste & Wastewater News  The international news resource for industrial & municipal water professionalsLisa Jackson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator, asserted at a forum for the PBS Frontline documentary Poisoned Waters, that … Continue reading →

Stop Them From Putting Manure in Iowa's Waters:  Kill SF 432 Kill SF 432 – Stand up for the common good –  iowacci.org  We need you to take action one more time to stop Senate File 432 – the “No … Continue reading →