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Bottle Law Expansion

Lobbyists crowded a committee room at the statehouse,  arguing for and against a bill to expand Iowa’s more than 30- year- old bottle deposit law.  Under the bill, a five cent deposit would be collected for the first time on bottled water and  sports drinks.  Even the bill’s sponsor doesn’t like the idea much, but he says he  scheduled the hearing  because  interest in the bottle law is so intense.      

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Debating Online Schools

2/22/2012

The opening of two "virtual schools" in Iowa next year is drawing heated debate, about whether online education is best for kids, and whether the schools are even legal.

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Lawmakers debate how to streamline state government

2/22/2012

House Republicans want to trim government spending by as much as $20 million. But some of their ideas for doing that are unpopular.

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Bill Proposes Changes to HIV Law

2/21/2012

Because Iowa has one of the lowest prevalence rates for HIV in the nation, it will lose its Center for Disease Control funding for preventive efforts completely in five years. Public health officials say this makes it more important than ever to get those who think they might be infected with HIV tested and into treatment. Research shows that treatment as prevention has proven extremely effective, but Iowa’s criminal transmission law could impede this effort. In conjunction with IowaWatch.org, Iowa Public Radio’s Lindsey Moon reports.

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Legislative Preview 2/20/12

2/20/2012

Morning Edition Host Sarah McCammon talks with IPR Statehouse Correspondent Joyce Russell about the upcoming week.

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Ottumwa Naval Air Station

2/17/2012

As Iowa tries to retain its last jet fighter base in Des Moines, a non-profit group is hoping to save one of the last remnants of an air station that closed at the end of World War Two. Iowa Public Radio’s Rick Fredericksen reports.

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