Iowa not rushing to spend $1 4 billion in federal COVID stimulus money thehawkeye.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehawkeye.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By James Q. Lynch, Special to the Globe Gazette
DES MOINES â It appears Iowa will hold onto its four U.S. House seats for at least another decade.
The first results of the 2020 census released Monday confirm a dramatic shift in population, as Americans leave northern Rust Belt states in favor of sunnier climes where economic opportunity is more plentiful, according to the Census Bureau.
Rapid population growth in Sun Belt states will shift congressional representation to the South and West and away from the Northeast and Midwest.
Despite that trend, Iowaâs population grew nearly 4.8 percent in the past decade, from 3,046,355 to 3,192,406, the Census Bureau said.
New York will lose a seat in Congress after 2020 Census shows flat population growth
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An aerial view shows downtown Syracuse, N.Y., on April 1, 2020. The 2020 U.S. Census Bureau count found New York state continued to lost population over the last decade. N. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com
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Washington – New York state will lose one seat in Congress after falling a remarkable 89 people short of having a population large enough to keep all 27 of its House seats, the U.S. Census Bureau said today.
Minnesota edged out New York for the 435th and final seat to be awarded in the U.S. House of Representatives based on the 2020 Census, the officials said.
Iowa Democrats call for federal investigation into Anamosa prison attack
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ANAMOSA, Iowa (KWWL)- Iowa Democratic state and federal leaders are calling for a federal investigation into the deadly attack at the Anamosa State Penitentiary in March.
In a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland and US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa 3, Iowa House Minority Leader Todd Prichard, and Iowa Senate Minority Leader Zach Wahls called for an independent investigation. We want disinterested people to investigate and to understand what s going on so that the legislature can make informed decisions of what is needed to safeguard Iowans and people who work in our prison system, Rep. Prichard, D-Charles City said. What is behind that call is simply to make sure that we have an honest broker, and somebody who is getting to the bottom of what the problem is, and making sure that your prisons are safe for those that are work there.
Policy, not dollars, may delay Iowa Republican agreement on human services budgets thegazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thegazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.