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 January 30, 2022 at 2:11 PM by Mike Owen
When you have a health and safety problem that is driven by people refusing to act, for whatever reasons —...
Posted on October 8, 2021 at 3:05 PM by Mike Owen
I have now seen the Mona Lisa with my own eyes. I saw Michaelangelo's works in the Sistine Chapel and...
Posted on July 23, 2021 at 3:41 PM by Colin Gordon
On June 12, Iowa ended its participation in federal pandemic-related unemployment programs. Those relying on the $300 dollar/week bump under...
Posted on May 11, 2021 at 4:05 PM by Mike Owen
Unemployment benefits have boosted recovery; decision latest in agenda that harms workers DES MOINES, Iowa — Common Good Iowa, a...
Posted on April 30, 2021 at 11:12 AM by Mike Owen
President Biden’s challenge to Congress to rejuvenate the nation came as a welcome contrast to what Iowans are seeing from...
Posted on December 14, 2020 at 9:40 AM by Anne Discher
A troubling share of Iowa families with children are struggling to put food on the table, pay rent and stay...
Posted on November 24, 2020 at 12:00 AM by Mike Owen
Nearly 215,000 Iowans have been confirmed with the coronavirus in the COVID-19 pandemic, which is claiming both lives and livelihoods...
Posted on November 1, 2020 at 12:00 AM by Colin Gordon
Unemployment insurance is primarily a state responsibility but, in any severe or prolonged stretch of economic recession, the states rely...
Posted on October 20, 2020 at 12:00 AM by Anne Discher
Iowa child care providers can’t seem to catch a break. Many are still struggling to re-open and stay open in...
