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The Illinois Campaign for Responsible Sex Education, a coalition of more than 90 groups advocating for comprehensive sex education, is calling for an end to federal funding for abstinence-only programs. The federal government, through Title V, Section 510 and Community-Based Abstinence Education grants, has allocated the state of Illinois more than $7.5 million to provide [...]

It seems that whenever religious belief wrangles with education or public policy, the battle takes places either in Missouri or its western neighbor Kansas. It should come as no surprise to learn then that Missouri made headlines this summer with the passage of House Bill 1055. The bill, signed by Gov. Matt Blunt in early [...]

Unlike other states that draw from several sources, Iowa has only one federal funding stream for abstinence education. Barring an act of Congress, that stream — Title V, Section 510 — is poised to dry up at the end of September. “The program officially expired June 30,” said Lindsay Miller, abstinence-education program coordinator for the [...]

Iowa undergraduate students Sean Fritz and Tim McQuillan were married in Des Moines this morning during an extremely brief window of opportunity to become Iowa’s first legal same-sex union. According to a report from the Associated Press, a dozen gay and lesbian couples were at the Polk County Recorder’s Office when it opened this morning. [...]

Mona Shaw has an excellent post about the same-sex ruling on the Iowa City Press-Citizen site. I’ve pulled two paragraphs below, but the entire piece is well worth your time. … Marriage laws matter in this mix. They matter because until we, as a people, regard the love and commitment between two members of the [...]

This is one of those moments where I wish I was eloquent. Instead, I’m going to reduce myself to Stone Cold Steve Austin (without the shaved head, of course) and scream, “Hell Yeah!” Today, Judge Robert Hanson affirmed what most Iowans have known for some time: Any adult lucky enough to find love should not [...]

Early detection is key when it comes to fighting cancer. That’s the message U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, wanted to share at the LiveStrong Presidential Forum in Cedar Rapids. It’s a message he knows personally. “Barbara and I are firm believers in early detection and annual exams,” he told forum participants on Tuesday. “This is [...]

By the time presidential candidate Bill Richardson arrived for one of his patent job interviews at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, the roughly 100 chairs had been filled and overflow spectators stood beside walls and in the back of the room. Though some questions were posed at the Tuesday night event about Iraq and foreign [...]

A 19-year-old Riverside man went missing Sunday evening after his car was apparently involved in a single vehicle incident. On Tuesday, Washington County law enforcement issued a call for help in locating Phillip Charles Kron after there had been no initial success. Later that same evening, Kron’s body was found roughly a mile from his [...]

Many good things came about as a result of the Lance Armstrong Foundation‘s LiveStrong Presidential Cancer Forum in Iowa. Discussions on cancer research funding and how government can play a role in America’s quality of life came to the forefront. Perhaps one of the most important aspects of the forum for those who advocate for [...]