Posted April 10, 2013in The Sound
The Des Moines Music Coalition’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Festival has come to mark the beginning of the music festival calendar in Des Moines. From now until November, there’s a different music festival in central Iowa seemingly every month, catering to musical tastes of all kinds. Traditionally held at the
Read More →As For You ‘The Process of Separation’ Independent As For You describes itself as “a breath of fresh air” and, after listening to “The Process of Separation,” I’m not inclined to argue all that hard. The thing that makes the album so interesting is As For You’s ability to change
Read More →I’m not going to lie. The Underground isn’t my favorite place to see a show. The seating is wonky, the sound is only OK and the lighting is nothing special. It’s clearly a venue where the music is a secondary experience to chatting with some friends or playing a game
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Posted April 08, 2013in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – Iowa officials have declined a Watchdog.org request to review even a fraction of the state’s $100 million in welfare transactions, claiming there are no records because current law doesn’t require state oversight. “There is nothing in either federal or Iowa law for the time period in question
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Posted April 08, 2013in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – It’s been more than two months since Iowa Department of Human Services officials were asked to disclose detailed information about where welfare dollars are spent and the information has yet to be released. State officials stalled without noting a reason for the delay in providing a response
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Posted April 04, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – Iowa officials continue to stall in handing over detailed reports of where public welfare money is being spent months after being asked to disclose the information. Officials with the Iowa Department of Human Services have yet to respond to a March 15 letter from Alonzo Wickers IV,
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Posted April 04, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – Full-time virtual schools in Iowa operated by for-profit companies have struggled to provide special education services, ensure staff are properly licensed and make good on their promises to state officials, according to records from the Iowa Department of Education. Additionally, little documentation exists regarding student performance and the
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Posted April 03, 2013in Duffy
I enjoyed and appreciated the article, “Morphine Dreams” by Joe Weeg (Joe’s Neighborhood, March 21). Tried to express my appreciation directly by going to his website www.joesneighborhood.com but couldn’t enter it. Please relay my appreciation to him for me. –Jim Calhoun Des Moines Can the Des Moines Public School
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