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Posted on January 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM by Anne Discher

In 2013, Iowa was among the first states to take up the federal option to expand Medicaid to low-income adults....

Posted on December 27, 2024 at 8:00 AM by Mike Owen

It’s easy to get buried in budget numbers and forget they translate to one thing: Services. We all count on...

Categories: Budget & taxes

Posted on December 13, 2024 at 9:19 AM by Sean Finn

When the road is out, the roof is leaking or the trees are down, the construction and repair crews are...

Posted on November 2, 2024 at 12:25 PM by Mike Owen

When the arguments move from campaign ads to the halls of Congress and the Statehouse, the real decisions begin: Will...

Posted on October 24, 2024 at 1:06 PM by Mike Owen

Immigrants are essential to Iowa's future, as new research shows. Immigrants make up 1 in 4 Iowa physicians, 1 in...

Tagged As: Immigration

Posted on August 14, 2024 at 3:11 PM by Mike Owen

Sunsets can be beautiful — not just at the shore, or on the mountains, or in the heartland, but also...

Categories: Budget & taxes

Posted on June 23, 2024 at 10:44 AM by Sean Finn

Experts warned from the beginning that Iowa’s child labor law changes violate federal statutes Decades ago, this country decided to...

Categories: Jobs & labor

Posted on June 12, 2024 at 3:51 PM by Anne Discher

Iowans’ skills, labor, spending and innovation power our economy. Policy solutions that put people’s well-being first offer a pragmatic path...

Categories: Budget & taxes

Tagged As: Budget cuts, Income tax

Posted on June 12, 2024 at 11:19 AM by Anne Discher

New report shows 1 in 4 Iowa students are chronically absent from school as Iowa loses its top rank on...

Posted on May 9, 2024 at 10:27 AM by Mike Owen

The old saying is "a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money." So how...

Categories: Budget & taxes

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