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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Tuesday April 08, 2025 ( 2 items )  

Meat Industry Whistleblower Who Risked His Job Awarded by Local Philanthropist
NORFOLK, Virginia, April 7 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * Meat Industry Whistleblower Who Risked His Job Awarded by Local Philanthropist Miami - Yesterday evening, at PETA's "High Tea and Highballs" 45th-anniversary celebration at The Cocoplum on Sunset Drive, poultry industry whistleblower and "champion for chickens," Jeremy Schmidt of Iowa, was presented with the 2025 Nanci Alexander Activist Award --one of PETA's   more

Public Interest Law Firm Calls on Decatur County to Retract Threat to Sue Iowa Woman Over Her Criticism of County Leaders
ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 7 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release: * * * Public Interest Law Firm Calls on Decatur County to Retract Threat to Sue Iowa Woman Over Her Criticism of County Leaders ARLINGTON, Va. --Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) sent a letter to county officials in Decatur County, Iowa, calling on them to abandon their attempt to silence Decatur County resident, Rita Audlehelm. After Rita published an op-ed raising questions  more