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On this edition of Iowa Press we convene a panel of Iowa political reporters to discuss the latest in Iowa politics and other news. 

Joining moderator David Yepsen at the Iowa Press table for Yepsen’s final show are Kay Henderson, news director for Radio Iowa; Erin Murphy, Des Moines bureau chief for Lee Enterprises; Brianne Pfannenstiel, chief political reporter for The Des Moines Register; and Dave Price, political director for WHO-TV in Des Moines.

On this edition of Iowa Press, our guests include Mike Beranek, president of the Iowa State Education Association and a 30-year veteran teacher; Liz Brennan, West Des Moines School Board member, president-elect of the Iowa Association of School Boards board of directors, Heartland AEA board member, and a preschool teacher; and Jessica Drake, president of the Van Meter School Board. They discuss masking and COVID-19 mitigation in schools, as well as other pandemic impacts, education policy, and upcoming school board elections. 

On this edition of Iowa Press, Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, former U.S. ambassador to China, a former career foreign service officer and president emeritus of the World Food Prize Foundation, discusses the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, ongoing evacuations, refugees, relations with China and more.

On this edition of Iowa Press, Darrel Colson, president of Wartburg College, and Anne Harris, president of Grinnell College discuss the status of Iowa's private colleges and universities, including both challenges and opportunities on smaller campuses across the state.

On this edition of Iowa Press, our guests are Betty Andrews, president of the Iowa-Nebraska NAACP, and Justyn Lewis, a community activist and founder/president of Des Moines Selma, a nonprofit aimed at educating Iowans about the Black experience. They will discuss the ongoing push for racial justice and equality. 

On this edition of Iowa Press, our guests are Anson Marston Distinguished Professor and London Professor of Power Systems Engineering at Iowa State University Jim McCalley, and Stu Anderson, director of the Transportation Development Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation. They discuss the latest federal infrastructure bill negotiations and expectations and what it could mean for Iowa.

On this edition of Iowa Press, our guests are Monte Shaw, executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, Kelly Niewenhuis, a farmer from near Primghar, Iowa, who is an ethanol producer and a member of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board, and President of Cobb Oil Co., Inc. Mark Cobb, who is an investor in a biodiesel plant in Washington, Iowa, and a member of the Iowa Biodiesel Board. They discuss Iowa's ethanol and renewable fuels industries.

On this edition of Iowa Press, we convene a group of reporters for a roundtable discussion about Iowa politics, water quality and the environment, and more. Reporters include Kay Henderson, news director for Radio Iowa, Erin Murphy, Des Moines bureau chief for Lee Enterprises, and Perry Beeman, senior reporter for Iowa Capital Dispatch.