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election 2022: Public Measure 1 would eliminate ‘current and future common-sense gun laws’

by Paul brennan, oct. 13 Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks was blunt in his assessment of Public Measure 1, which would amend the Iowa Constitution in a way that would stop most attempts to regulate guns in the state. “This amendment is a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” Maybanks said at a news conference at the Cedar Rapids Public Library.

Thriftmart, Joppa’s nonprofit thrift store, to open in Des Moines on Thursday

by Lily DeTaeye, oct. 19 A new thrift store is opening on Euclid Avenue, operated by Joppa, a Des Moines nonprofit fighting houselessness in Des Moines by providing food, education and access to rent-controlled housing. All proceeds from the thrift store go directly back to fund Joppa’s mission.

Iowa has ‘among the worst protections’ from abusive towing in the nation. In Des Moines, criticism has centered on one tow company (oct. 20)

by mike Kuhlenbeck, oct. 20 One year after a Des Moines towing and impound company lost its contract with Polk County amid allegations of predatory behavior, a wider discussion about towing laws is underway. Crow’s Auto Service, Inc. (better known as Crow Tow) has been in business for over 20 years, and been accused of illegal and unethical towing practices.

Watch: Screenwriter and producer David Kajganich on adapting novels, cannibalism and Iowa City’s new film festival

video by Jason Smith and Emma mcClatchey, oct. 5 For the first time in four years, screenwriter and Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum David Kajganich is back in Iowa City for the inaugural ReFocus Festival, screening his genre-bending, spine-tingling new work. Bones and All is the third adapted screenplay Kajganich has crafted for director Luca Guadagnino.