http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/rss Common Good Iowa en-US Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:05:46 +0000 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:05:46 +0000 Copyright 2026 Common Good Iowa. All rights reserved. postmaster@globalreach.com (Common Good Iowa) postmaster@globalreach.com (Common Good Iowa) Global Reach News Aggregator v0.96 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/iowa-jobs-unemployment-rate-steady-in-july/ http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/iowa-jobs-unemployment-rate-steady-in-july/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 05:00:00 +0000 <p>Iowa&#39;s job market numbers showed little overall change in July, with payroll jobs down about 3,600 over the year but still in line with recovery from the big drops in the COVID recession.</p> http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/cgi-news-iowa-revenues-drop-but-congressional-republicans-would-push-snap-costs-to-state-budget/ http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/cgi-news-iowa-revenues-drop-but-congressional-republicans-would-push-snap-costs-to-state-budget/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 05:00:00 +0000 <p>More than a quarter-million Iowans who receive federal food assistance benefits could be at risk of going hungry if Congress pursues a Republican plan to cut $230 billion or more from the program over nearly 10 years. One idea would push some SNAP benefit costs to the states &ndash; but states like Iowa already face budget cliffs because of big tax cuts for the wealthiest.</p> http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/cgi-news-iowa-groups-ask-congressional-delegation-to-protect-medicaid-snap/ http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/cgi-news-iowa-groups-ask-congressional-delegation-to-protect-medicaid-snap/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 06:00:00 +0000 <p>More than 40 state and regional organizations in Iowa have asked all six members of the Iowa congressional delegation to protect Medicaid and SNAP in current federal budget negotiations.</p> http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/cgi-news-iowa-research-giveaway-544-million-in-business-perks-in-24/ http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/cgi-news-iowa-research-giveaway-544-million-in-business-perks-in-24/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 06:00:00 +0000 <p>An annual report on Iowa&#39;s Research Activities Tax Credit once again showed the state&#39;s generosity to business, with $54.5 million in credits claimed in 2024, the vast majority to large companies and two-thirds paid out as subsidy checks to companies that owed no state income tax.</p> http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/cgi-news-paving-the-high-road-better-policy-for-construction-jobs/ http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/cgi-news-paving-the-high-road-better-policy-for-construction-jobs/ Tue, 10 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +0000 <p>Job quality provisions in federal initiatives for infrastructure improvements and energy systems will help redirect Iowa&rsquo;s construction industry and lawmakers toward high-road policies with long-term benefits for Iowa. A new report from Common Good Iowa identifies trends that feed low-road practices toward workers and communities, and threaten a thriving construction industry in the state.</p> http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/cgi-news-iowa-jobs-show-slow-growth/ http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/cgi-news-iowa-jobs-show-slow-growth/ Sat, 31 Aug 2024 05:00:00 +0000 <p>Iowa&rsquo;s job market is in a slow-growth mode as Governor Kim Reynolds and legislative leaders suppress worker rights and advance counterproductive policies that hold back our economy.</p> http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/cgi-news-tax-panel-should-hear-let-trump-tax-cuts-expire/ http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/cgi-news-tax-panel-should-hear-let-trump-tax-cuts-expire/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 05:00:00 +0000 <p>Political showmanship won&rsquo;t obscure the reality of deficits, debt and inequity when the U.S. House Ways &amp; Means chair stages a pro-Trump Tax Cut hearing at the Iowa State Fair.</p> http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/guest-opinion-iowas-tax-and-budget-fantasy-world/ http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/guest-opinion-iowas-tax-and-budget-fantasy-world/ Thu, 23 May 2024 05:00:00 +0000 <p>It might not be this year, or next, but Iowans in the near future will realize the destructive course set by Governor Kim Reynolds and the tax-cutting leadership of the Legislature.</p> http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/guest-opinion-tax-cuts-over-healthy-moms-and-kids/ http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/guest-opinion-tax-cuts-over-healthy-moms-and-kids/ Wed, 08 May 2024 05:00:00 +0000 <div class="subscriber-preview"> <p>In a matter of days Governor Reynolds signed two bills that, at first blush, may seem to have little in common. But they are driven by the same impulses: prioritizing tax cuts over Iowans&rsquo; healthy futures.</p> </div> http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/guest-opinion-iowa-lawmakers-our-tax-system-is-broken-lets-break-it-some-more/ http://www.commongoodiowa.org/about/media-center/guest-opinion-iowa-lawmakers-our-tax-system-is-broken-lets-break-it-some-more/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +0000 <p class="article__body">Forget the adage: &ldquo;If it ain&rsquo;t broke, don&rsquo;t fix it.&rdquo; In the Iowa Legislature, it&rsquo;s different: &ldquo;We broke it, so let&rsquo;s break it some more, and then make sure nobody can fix it.&rdquo;That in short is the picture of tax-cut proposals gaining steam in Iowa.</p>