Today's pollution of Iowa rivers and streams from farm runoff echoes an earlier chapter in Iowa history when agricultural industries – livestock slaughterhouses and sugar beet processors – caused severe widespread pollution of those same state waterways.
Iowa's most vocal anti-tax group – Iowans for Tax Relief – lives off a charitable endowment worth $48 million that pays zero state or federal tax on its annual investment income of just over $2 million.
The non-profit organization – Tax Education Support Organization – was set up by... more
