David Yepsen
@DavidYepsen
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Fmr host @IowaPress on @IowaPBS. Fmr dir of @PSimonInstitute. Covered politics for 34 years @DMRegister. Fellow: @ShorensteinCtr @harvardiop @UChiPolitics
Des Moines, IA
Joined November 2011
Imagine the money and carbon to be saved if every small town did this…Hats off to Morris MN!
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Eighty-three percent of households in southern Gaza have inadequate food consumption, according to the report, with 38% suffering from “severe levels of hunger.”
nbcnews.com
Aid agencies describe “apocalyptic” scenes as families roam the streets unable to find food, people ration dirty water, and flour prices soar.
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Join us! Besides my excellent @BrookingsGov colleagues, we have two great journalists who know what’s happening on the ground in Iowa and New Hampshire, @DavidYepsen (who covered Iowa politics for the @DMRegister over 34 years) & @vgmac, the @BostonGlobe’s political editor.
We are one month away from the first contest in the 2024 presidential primaries! Join us tomorrow at 2PM EST for a webinar to discuss front-runners, key issues, and what these contests tell us about the race ahead. #PresidentialPrimaries Register: https://t.co/XgutPfr1tE
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Drake University plans to cut faculty positions, programs to balance budget deficit https://t.co/aeUvYekJ2w via @IowaCapDispatch
iowacapitaldispatch.com
Drake University will try and close its multimillion-dollar budget deficit with cuts to faculty positions and programs.
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The Rural Blog: Nursing schools are turning away thousands of qualified applicants despite nursing shortage:
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‘We need help and we’re not getting it’: what a surge in murders means for Black women in Iowa
theguardian.com
More than six times as many Black women were killed in Iowa in 2020 than the year before. What is driving the gun violence?
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UPDATED: Toppling Goliath opening tap room in Drake neighborhood https://t.co/ksAR2ypXKa👏
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The Rural Blog: Satellites can spot methane emissions from individual wells:
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A pandemic experiment in universal free school meals gains traction in the states https://t.co/HSzXVrZtHI via @IowaCapDispatch
iowacapitaldispatch.com
A growing number of states across the country are enacting universal school meal laws to bolster child food security and academic equity.
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The Rural Blog: Award-winning NPR affiliate struggles with state university overseers about investigative reporting on public figures:
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Illinois school districts could be required to have full-day kindergarten by 2027 if legislation passes
chalkbeat.org
A bill moving fast in the Illinois legislature would require school districts to have full-day kindergarten to allow students to receive more instruction in classrooms and give working parents child...
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Trump and Iowa evangelicals: A bond that is hard to break | AP News
apnews.com
When Republicans eyeing the White House visit Iowa, they will navigate an evangelical community that is faithful to Donald Trump. The thrice-married former president who once supported abortion...
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2023’s+States+with+the+Best+&+Worst+Taxpayer+ROI https://t.co/3HcRBNAs4h via+@WalletHub
wallethub.com
States with the Best & Worst Taxpayer ROI
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We are working to collect data on any universities which officially teach a course on the history of the Midwest and, for comparison, on universities which teach courses on the history of the American West or South (which most seem to do). Please share data with @KevinMasonCity
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👋🏽 We invite you to innovate! Registration for the 3rd annual Pi515 Girls Entrepreneurship Summit is still open. Click the link below to learn how to be your own boss! ⤵️💚 https://t.co/eaESd6VtqG
#PursuitofInnovation #Pi515 #GES #GirlsEntrepreneurship Summit
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The Rural Blog: Rural counties have been trying to ban renewable-energy projects, so Illinois and Calif. legislatures banned the bans:
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How 71 women, a question and a mission opened The Centennial restaurant and saved a historic building https://t.co/TbSQCbcqHW via @DMRegister
desmoinesregister.com
A group of 71 women in Jefferson called Why Not Us? saved a building with one question, $5,000 each, and a shared goal to help their small Iowa town.
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How Byproduct From Local Breweries is Helping Clean Our Wastewater
news.wttw.com
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District treats stormwater and wastewater for more than 5 million people in Cook County. One of the methods to treat that water is a surprising way to reuse a...
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The Rural Blog: NPR does deep dive at West Virginia Public Broadcasting, finds CEO (governor's ex-flack) making editorial decisions:
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The ‘CEO of Anti-Woke Inc.’ Has His Eye on the Presidency https://t.co/BTt4M7hAqZ via @politico
politico.com
Vivek Ramaswamy leaves the boardroom for a barn in Iowa to test out his businessman-turned-culture-warrior brand on rural conservative voters.
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