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Iowa Becomes Sixth State To Pass An Internet Privacy Law

2 years 5 months ago
While there’s a lot of talk about how getting privacy legislation right is hard (it is), or that doing it wrong could pose many problems (it could), that should never derail attention from the real reason the U.S. has no federal privacy law in 2023: Congress is blisteringly, comically corrupt. And with numerous, deep-pocketed industries […]
Karl Bode

Jay Ashcroft makes it official: He’s running for Missouri governor in 2024

2 years 5 months ago
Jay Ashcroft, Missouri’s secretary of state and son of one of the state’s most well known former elected officials, announced Thursday morning he was joining the 2024 race for governor. In a statement released on social media, Ashcroft said “Missouri stands at a crossroads.” “Red states like Florida, Texas, Tennessee, even Indiana and Arkansas have become examples of conservative leadership while Missouri Republicans, who control every statewide office and have supermajorities in both…
Jason Hancock

EPA estimates more than 200,000 lead pipes remain in Missouri

2 years 5 months ago

More than 200,000 lead service pipes carry drinking water to Missouri families, according to a new estimate from the Environmental Protection Agency.  New lead water pipes have been banned for more than 30 years. But the EPA estimates that 9.2 million American households still get their water through aging lead pipes.  Just over 2% of […]

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Allison Kite