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Ingredients of Iowa's recipe for budget disaster

Posted on January 26, 2024 at 9:40 PM by Mike Owen

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(This blog is drawn from messages in a presentation by CGI Deputy Director Mike Owen for an Interfaith Alliance of...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Clean air & water, Family support & well-being, Health, Higher education, PK-12 schools, Public Safety

Danger ahead: Gutting education, health and safety with tax cuts

Posted on March 3, 2023 at 12:02 PM by Mike Owen

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The road is closed, the bridge is out, and tax-cut-obsessed legislators are stepping on the gas. Already, Iowans started the...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Child care, Clean air & water, Early childhood, Health, Higher education, PK-12 schools, Public Safety

Climate lessons from COVID

Posted on October 7, 2020 at 3:22 PM by David Osterberg

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Climate change experts at Iowa colleges and universities have for 10 years produced annual statements about Iowa impacts of human-caused...

Categories: Clean energy & climate, Covid-19, Higher education

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