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Posted on April 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM by Anne Discher

As of late Friday afternoon, only one organization – Common Good Iowa – had taken a position on the latest...

Categories: Budget & taxes

Posted on March 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM by Mike Owen

So, you think that was a big battle last week over avoiding a federal shutdown? You haven’t seen anything. The...

Posted on January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM by Mike Owen

Common Good Iowa research has identified many ways Iowa could do better by working families who are struggling. It’s always...

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

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