by admin | May 3, 2006 | Politics & Government
Today’s do-it-yourself commentary websites on the Internet became the focus of a ruling by the Iowa board that carries out the campaign laws and oversees the candidates. Charlie Smithson is Director of the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board. He explains...
by admin | Feb 14, 2006 | Human Interest
More Iowans are hunting for dates on this Valentine’s Day than ever before — without leaving home. Social science researcher Heather Haberman says the number of users on a popular on-line dating service has ballooned from 500 people in 1999 to literally...
by admin | Feb 10, 2006 | Uncategorized
A Des Moines legislator wants Iowa to set up a system that would keep kids from getting racy or raunchy e-mail. Representative Janet Peterson is sponsoring a bill that she says would accomplish that goal. “The bill would be similar to the Do-Not-Call list for...
by admin | Jan 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
The president of the Iowa Library Association is critical of a bill three Republican state senators are pushing that would restrict access to pornographic materials in Iowa libraries. Iowa Library Association president Susan Craig of Iowa City says forcing libraries...
by admin | Jan 30, 2006 | Recreation / Entertainment
Three Republican Senators are pressing for restrictions on “adult, pornographic” materials in Iowa’s public libraries. Federal law requires anti-porn filters on computers in libraries which get federal funding, but Senator Jeff Angelo, a Republican...