Editor’s note – Clarification of Iowa State Bar Association’s role added per information provided to GCNO by that group. ~by Victoria Riley, GreeneCountyNewsOnline State senator Jerry Behn surprised people at Coffee and Politics a week ago when he announced that the three branches of Iowa government – executive, legislative and judicial – are not equal according to the Iowa Constitution.
Read MoreDay: February 9, 2019
Bardole family applies for CAFO permit
County supervisor Peter Bardole included In many parts of Iowa county residents know spring is on its way when the county board of supervisors starts receiving applications for permits to construct confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs).
Read MoreCandidate Andrew Yang speaks in Jefferson
The idea of a $1,000 a month paid by the federal government to every U.S. citizen older than 18 sounds “out there”, but Andrew Yang, a Democratic candidate for president who espouses the universal basic income (UBI), made it sound more realistic. Yang’s UBI, a “Freedom Dividend”, is similar to Alaska’s petroleum dividend, he explained to about two dozen Democrats…
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