WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * IA Senate Committee Advances Cancer Gag Act 150+ rallied last week against the dangerous bill which would shield pesticide corporations from health related lawsuits Des Moines, IA -- Today, the Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-7 to advance Bayer's Cancer Gag Act (SSB 1051). The bill now heads to a Senate floor vote. The vote came one week after more than 150 Iowans rallied at  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 19 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Iowa school district pulls prayerful sports video after FFRF intervention The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully persuaded the Newton (Iowa) Community School District to correct an unconstitutional foul. On Nov. 26 of last year, a video of the Newton High School Girls Basketball team was posted on the team's official Facebook account, at the beginn  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 [Category: Energy] -- The Renewable Fuels Association posted the following news release: * * * Iowa's Rick Schwarck Honored with RFA Industry Award Ethanol industry pioneer Rick Schwarck was presented with the Renewable Fuels Association's 2025 Industry Award today at the National Ethanol Conference in Nashville, Tenn. He was honored for his years of working to unite the industry, and a focus on ethanol's health benefits. "Since cofounding Absolute Energy twenty years ag  more

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, Feb. 19 -- The University of Northern Iowa issued the following news release: * * * UNI's Chief Academic Nurse Administrator Nancy Kertz named to 2025 Great Iowa Nurses CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Nancy Kertz, chief academic nurse administrator and head of the Department of Nursing and Public Health at the University of Northern Iowa, is named one of the 2025 Great Iowa Nurses, an award recognizing Iowa nurses who routinely go above and beyond every day and take that extra step to  more