Water pollution is in the news this summer. High nitrate levels are affecting drinking water in Central Iowa, a new Polk County water quality report links 80% of nitrate pollution to agriculture, and too many beaches are unswimmable just when we need to cool off in this blistering heat. Given all that, I thought this is a good time to spotlight some of the ways I see Iowa's state government failing us.

by Diane Rosenberg | Executive Director   With the Iowa State Legislature officially underway, legislators have another opportunity to...

Iowa Legislators – remove a section of Iowa SF 2370  that would permanently prohibit the DNR from strengthening factory farm regulations.

JFAN's final comments called out the failure of the DNR to protect the public health of Iowans and the state's water quality.