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Iowa's leadership for refugees at stake in Senate

Posted on June 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM by Mike Owen

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The SNAP debate in Washington is a reminder of Iowans' long history of offering refuge and care for people in...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Family support & well-being, Federal policy, Food security

Tagged As: Immigration, Refugees, SNAP

Cutting supports to those in need — just to help the rich

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

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

Categories: Budget & taxes, Federal policy

Tagged As: Federal budget, Federal deficits and debt, Federal taxes, Medicaid, SNAP

Real decisions about to begin

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

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

Categories: Budget & taxes, Federal policy

Tagged As: Child tax credit, EITC, Federal taxes, State taxes

Federal shutdown will cause avoidable uncertainty and hardship

Posted on September 28, 2023 at 9:35 AM by Anne Discher

View post titled Federal shutdown will cause avoidable uncertainty and hardship

We are likely just hours away from a federal government shutdown that will harm families, businesses and the nation’s economy.[1]...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Federal policy

Tagged As: child care, Federal budget, Federal taxes, Medicaid, Nutrition, shutdown

Cycling the high road of public investments

Posted on July 26, 2023 at 5:40 PM by Mike Owen

map of federally funded projects in Iowa

Riders on RAGBRAI, the annual statewide bicycle ride across Iowa sponsored by The Des Moines Register, are peddling on a...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Child care, Covid-19, Federal policy, Jobs & labor

Tagged As: American Rescue Plan Act, child care, COVID-19, Economic development, Inflation Reduction Act, Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act, Iowa Economy, Iowa Farmers Union, Progress Iowa

Now is the time for Congress to act on child care

Posted on October 20, 2020 at 12:00 AM by Anne Discher

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Iowa child care providers can’t seem to catch a break. Many are still struggling to re-open and stay open in...

Categories: Child care, Covid-19, Federal policy

Statement: Senate Covid relief bill fails to meet the challenge of this unprecedented crisis

Posted on July 29, 2020 at 4:38 PM by Anne Discher

View post titled Statement: Senate Covid relief bill fails to meet the challenge of this unprecedented crisis

Statement from Anne Discher, executive director of the Child and Family Policy Center: “Iowans have been hit hard by the...

Categories: Covid-19, Federal policy, Racial equity

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