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The American clean energy industry is primed for a boom. The only question is whether Washington can help juice the transition.

The American clean energy industry is primed for a boom. The only question is whether Washington can help juice the transition.

Big picture. >> reporter: and that may mean agreeing to be involved in the sue green link, $2.5 billion project to build underground transmission lines along rail lines and highways, cost effective due to tax credits in bidens plan. >> we have very ambitious climate goals. if you want more renewables you need more transmission. this has urgency about it that we havent seen before. >> iowa is one of the countrys leading states for generating wind energy. in the past, that energy was transmitted w...

Turbines can be transmitted ubdground and cheaper than in the past. one long extension cord running under ground transmitting and connecting green energy from minona, iowa, all the way to chicago, illinois, more than 200 miles away. a rail line runs right through meyers land and gave sue green permission to dig although he susp suspects some of his neighbors might take issue with his decision. not because of the environmental impact but he says because of the politics surrounding it. >> oh, im s...

Repair crumbling roads and bridges, schools in need of repair, digital divide, high-speed internet. ef efforts to upgrade the nations power grid. reporting from northern iowa in minona. >> reporter: did you ever want to do anything else or was farming -- >> no, no, thats been in my blood since i was 4 years old. >> reporter: for just about as long as brian meyer can remember, he has focused on the 2,000 acres of corn and soy beans he farms in minona, iowa. talk about his land and the push to get...

So far, statewide, there have been 123 crashes involving pedestrians. Eleven of them have been fatal.

Each of the three properties is adorned with large QR codes that residents can use to submit their ideas for the vacant spaces.

NCAA Wrestling Championships 2021: Rutgers’ Sebastian Rivera among N.J.’s national title contenders Updated Mar 16, 2021; Facebook Share The last time the NCAA Championships were wrestled, New Jersey stole the show. The national tournament is back, starting Thursday in St. Louis, after last year’s lost season due to COVID-19. It’s unlikely the Garden State will enjoy a similarly glorious weekend, but there is still plenty for the state to be excited about. Contenders: These wrestlers c...

A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest for Wednesday, March 10, 2021:

The suspicious device found near an Ankeny polling place Tuesday has been confirmed to be a live pipe bomb. Lakeside Center, 400 NW Lakeshore Drive in Ankenys Hawkeye Park, was evacuated after the pipe bomb was found in the parking lot around 9:30 a.m., according to a news release from Ankeny police. The incident disrupted voting for about 3 hours. The facility was being used as a polling place for a special election in which Ankeny Community School District asked for voters approval of upda...