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Former Michigan governor hopeful Perry Johnson exploring presidential bid, preps Super Bowl ad

LANSING, Mich. — Republican Perry Johnson, a Michigan businessman and former candidate for governor, is launching a campaign committee to potentially run for president along with funding Super Bowl ads to back his possible bid in the key state of Iowa.

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Iowa Supreme Court issues three opinions from Jan. 30-Feb. 5

The Iowa Supreme Court issued three opinions from Jan. 30-Feb. 5. As of Feb. 5, the court issued 14 opinions in 2023—three more than this point a year ago. The three opinions are below:

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New Ways and Means GOP members bring energy, agricultural focus - Roll Call

Newcomers on the GOP-led House Ways and Means Committee plan to focus on rural communities and a fossil fuel inclusive energy platform.

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Full list of 2023 NFL draft prospects invited to combine

Here is the full list of prospect invites for the 2023 NFL combine.

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319 prospects invited to 2023 NFL scouting combine

2023 NFL scouting combine: Full list of all 319 college prospects invited to Indianapolis.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Iowa GOP bill would expand child labor

The bill would also shield businesses from liability if a minor employee is sickened, injured, or killed

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Hero boy, 17, saves man and his dog after car plummets off bridge into icy lake

Thomas Lee fell with his Jeep off the Highway 71 bridge on East Okoboji Lake, Dickinson County in Iowa, US, but luckily, Jow Salmon and others ran to the rescue for him and his dog

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Change to Democrats’ 2024 presidential primary schedule benefits Biden, not voters

An NPR analysis in 2016 of which state best represents America found that Illinois is the clear winner, with demographic diversity and a broad cultural and geographic balance of rural, small-town, suburban and urban America.

Chicago Sun-Times

New York woman found breathing at funeral home after being declared dead

The 82-year-old was pronounced dead at a Long Island nursing home, only to be discovered alive and then taken to a hospital

The Guardian - US

An Iowa Town Charged a Man With Disorderly Conduct Because He Called a Cop a 'Domestic Abuser'

Now a judge has cleared him of wrongdoing and struck down the rule used to justify the arrest.

Reason

Ex-Chicago gang member says Iowa school shooting won’t deter him

William Holmes, founder of an alternative studies program for at-risk youth, was hurt in a shooting Jan. 23 at a Des Moines school. Two students were killed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ride at Iowa amusement park where boy died will never reopen

The managers of an Iowa amusement park say they will never reopen a ride where an 11-year-old boy was killed

The Independent UK

Program's head says Iowa school shooting won't deter him

The founder of an educational program for at-risk youth in Des Moines says he will remain “all in on helping kids that are not reachable in so many peoples’ eyes” after he was wounded in last month’s shooting that killed two students

The Independent UK

Diversity and moderation over tradition – why Democrats moved South Carolina to the start of the 2024 presidential campaign

The Democratic National Committee approved a proposal on Feb. 4, 2023, that puts South Carolina first on the party’s presidential nominating calendar, upending 50 years of tradition. For the first time, voters of color, moderates, hourly workers – and Southerners – will have the first say in choosing the party’s…

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Three takeaways from Kansas' blowout loss at Iowa State: What went wrong

AMES, Iowa — Kansas coach Bill Self looked exasperated.

Axios

Democrats buck tradition, move South Carolina to first primary in '24

Nevada and New Hampshire would go next under the new schedule.

Tribune News Service

DNC adopts revamped '24 primary calendar with Michigan near front

DETROIT — After months of debate, the Democratic National Committee voted Saturday to place Michigan among the earliest states to cast votes for the 2024 presidential primary election ― a change intended to ensure a more diverse slate of voters is deciding the party's nominee.

Los Angeles Times

Democrats shake up presidential primary calendar, demoting Iowa and New Hampshire

PHILADELPHIA — Democrats voted Saturday to allow South Carolina to hold the party's first presidential primary next year, ending nearly 50 years of Iowa and New Hampshire leading the party's nominating season.

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Democrats vote to upend presidential primary calendar for 2024 but challenges persist

The vote cements a shift in the presidential primary calendar that many Democrats have long called for and elevates states with greater diversity and voter access.

WEKU

Iowa Alzheimer's care facility is fined $10,000 after pronouncing a living woman dead

The woman was unresponsive, and nurses were unable to detect her breathing. A state agency report found the facility "failed to ensure residents received dignified treatment and care at end of life."

The Guardian - US

The race for the 2024 election is on. But who will take on Trump?

The ex-president is daring Republican challengers to make the first move – and some are preparing to attack

The Independent UK

Democrats set to shake up start of 2024 presidential primary

Democrats are poised to drastically reorder their presidential primary schedule beginning next year, replacing Iowa with South Carolina in the leadoff spot as part of a larger overhaul meant to empower Black and other minority voters critical to its base of support

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Woman found breathing inside body bag at Iowa funeral home, hours after being declared dead

A hospice in Iowa is fined $US10,000 after staff pronounced the 66-year-old woman dead last month, only for her to be discovered "gasping for air" hours later.

The Independent UK

Iowa care centre sends still-live resident to funeral home in body bag

Worker found woman breathing when bag was unzipped and she gasped for air, according to state report

The Independent UK

A fake cancer patient was exposed on TikTok. Now, genuine survivors are asking donors not to give up on them

Maddie Russo raised more than $37,000 after claiming she was suffering from three forms of aggressive cancer. After her ruse was exposed by experts on TikTok, cancer survivors and charities say they are trying to rebuild trust with the donors they rely on. Bevan Hurley reports.

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