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Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig comments on the use of eminent domain. A new report shows deaths in Iowa from drug and alcohol-related causes fell slightly between 2021 and 2022. Bird flu outbreaks from early summer are causing some people to not show their dairy animals in county fairs. And a conversation with KFF Health News editor and reporter about Iowa's closing rural labor and delivery units.

Some Iowans want the Iowa Utilities Commission to expand its definition of affected person in regard to hazardous liquid pipeline rules. An advocate for Ukrainian immigrants says it's been harder to bring refugees to Iowa. And community members oppose the Waterloo School Board's project for a new high school.

A conversation with an Iowa mother in the wake of the new abortion law. A biodiesel tax credit is making fuel more affordable. A new wildlife management area in Marshall County. And Iowa Democrats speak out on abortion ban.

Iowa's fetal heartbeat abortion ban goes into effect today. Iowa Democrats heard from Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear over the weekend. And the Trans Youth Emergency Fund is now available in Iowa.

A federal judge has blocked Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students from taking effect in Iowa and other states. Iowa's consumable hemp regulations will stay in effect as a district judge rejected the latest request for an injunction. And a northeast Iowa ethanol-producing facility has been fined for expelling excessive pollutants; the DNR says this may have caused harm to the environment and public health.

Cedar Falls is seeing a sudden increase in extremist graffiti. A new report finds that Iowa and Nebraska nonprofits are still struggling to retain employees since the pandemic. And IPR takes an in-depth look at how Iowa's abortion law that bans the procedure at fetal cardiac activity will impact how people will get the procedure.

Iowa's new abortion law will take effect at 8 a.m. on July 29th. A report by the state auditor's office found the Iowa Department of Education improperly renegotiated a contract. And Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City is settling a lawsuit with international students who accused the college of human trafficking.

The Iowa Supreme Court will not reconsider its late June decision to allow the heartbeat ban abortion law to go into effect. Des Moines community members call the city's proposed ordinances that impact unhoused people "inhumane." And Iowa Democrats are backing Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Des Moines City Council is considering changing its ordinance that allows the clearing of encampments on public property this morning, some say the new ordinance is a harder-line approach to homelessness. The Iowa chapter of the ACLU has sent a letter to the council opposing the changes. Iowa Democrats respond to President Biden's exit from the 2024 presidential race. And a Polk County Judge says he's allowing some time to lift the injunction on Iowa's heartbeat abortion ban, but didn't say how much time.

The company Bayer is lobbying congress to prevent lawsuits over Roundup allegedly causing cancer. The Iowa Great Lakes boating speed limits will be lifted this weekend. And some state lawmakers say they will try to put another moratorium on gaming licenses.