Posted on August 31, 2023 at 5:42 PM by Anne Discher
This piece is adapted from remarks Common Good Iowa executive director Anne Discher made to the Iowa AFL-CIO convention in...
Posted on July 26, 2023 at 5:40 PM by Mike Owen
Riders on RAGBRAI, the annual statewide bicycle ride across Iowa sponsored by The Des Moines Register, are peddling on a...
Posted on July 18, 2023 at 11:58 AM by Sean Finn
By Sean Finn and Samantha Tamborski, Common Good Iowa Overwhelmingly, Iowans desire the freedom to determine if and when they...
Posted on June 14, 2023 at 12:01 AM by Anne Discher
PDF of Iowa data profile PDF of news release Iowa retains high rank on child well-being, but inaccessible, unaffordable child...
Posted on May 22, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Anne Discher
When it comes to assuring preschool for young children, Iowa’s is a story of highs and lows, according to the...
Posted on April 3, 2023 at 8:27 PM by Mike Owen
SNAP and Medicaid not only boost low-income families with federal funds, but local and state economies as well. That's one...
Posted on March 7, 2023 at 9:02 AM by Anne Discher
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced last month it will no longer conduct a planned 2023 survey...
Posted on March 3, 2023 at 12:02 PM by Mike Owen
The road is closed, the bridge is out, and tax-cut-obsessed legislators are stepping on the gas. Already, Iowans started the...
Posted on February 17, 2023 at 8:08 PM by Mike Owen
We started putting a spotlight on Iowa’s most lucrative business tax credit over 15 years ago. Big, profitable companies were...
Posted on February 9, 2023 at 12:01 PM by Mike Owen
A new proposal in the Iowa Legislature turns Iowa priorities and values upside down. At a time we are doing...