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Before I-235, Des Moines’ Center Street district was a bastion of Black
4/20 in 2022: Iowa GOP leaders entertaining ‘no discussion
commerce and culture
whatsoever’ on marijuana reform
By Paul Brennan and Courtney Guein, April 8
By Paul Brennan, April 19
By the time its final section opened to traffic in late 1968, I-235 was
More than a year after an Iowa Poll showed 54 percent of Iowans favor
already part of the fabric of Des Moines. Cutting across the city and
legalizing marijuana for recreational use and 78 percent want to see the
running just north of downtown, it’s the most traveled roadway in Iowa.
state’s Medical Cannabidiol Program expanded, Gov. Kim Reynolds and
But like many stretches of highway built through cities, the construction of
the Republicans who control the Iowa Legislature show no sign of doing
I-235 did damage that was largely ignored at the time and has continued
either.
to go unacknowledged.
Meet Lefty, the three-legged dog that became a Des Moines icon
Interview with Sara Terry, director of ‘A Decent Home’
By Lily DeTaeye, April 26
Video by Jason Smith, April 27
Specially-Abled Pets Day is May 3, but Anne Mathey doesn’t need a
The new documentary A Decent Home tells the story of
holiday to lift up Lefty, the small white dog she adopted from Animal
mobile home park residents, including those in North Liberty’s
Lifeline in 2008. She named her Des Moines music venue after Lefty in
Golfview, as they try to preserve their communities and their
2016, and the three-legged legend was a common presence at the club in
homes after the parks are bought by private equity funds
his younger years.
and other investors determined to maximize profits at their expense. Ahead of its sold-out screening at FilmScene, director Sara Terry sat down with Little Village to discuss what she
WATCH Interview with Sara Terry
learned during the six-and-a-half years she worked on the film.
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