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These 29 counties had the largest increases in handgun permits issued from 2010 to 2011, after a new Iowa law was enacted stating that county sheriffs shall issue permits, except in a narrowly defined set of cases.
Some Iowa sheriffs say an increase in the number of non-professional permits to carry handguns, coupled with new or recent gun laws in the state, have increased safety risks in their counties.
Many researchers describe the Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation as the gold standard for interrogating criminal suspects. But the fact that more than a fourth of wrongly convicted suspects gave false confessions has critics assailing the technique.
Iowa school districts by financial and geographic details
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Total number of Iowa school districts
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Legislators, superintendents and lobbyists in Iowa say the formula used to fund Iowa's public school districts is outdated and creates a major disparity in the level of education Iowa students receive.
The loss of 32 Iowa counties that voted Democratic in 2012 gave the Republican nominee Donald Trump the state’s six electoral votes. While Barack Obama was able to win the state with 37 counties in 2012, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton claimed just six, an IowaWatch review of the Tuesday’s prelim
The same thing keeping some Iowa voters attending campaign rallies for the top two presidential candidates from waiting until Election Day to vote is the same thing prompting others to vote before Nov. 8.
The future of another legislative attempt to allow medicinal marijuana manufacturers and dispensaries in the state is uncertain, with some legislators skeptical about whether or not the next steps to pass a bill will happen.
When Logan Edwards returned home to Davenport in 2008 after his deployment in Iraq as a Marine, he was anything but the same. Now his life intersects with Iowa’s Medical Cannabidiol Act that became law in July of 2014 allowed the use of cannabidiol, or CBD, to treat intractable epilepsy.
