Posts in tag COVID-19

Cycling the high road of public investments

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...

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

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 —...

Categories: Covid-19, Health, Jobs & labor

Tagged As: COVID-19, iowa legislature, Workplace safety, Governor Kim Reynolds

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...

Categories: Covid-19

Tagged As: COVID-19

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...

Categories: Covid-19, Data, Jobs & labor, Safety net & work supports

Tagged As: COVID-19, Iowa Economy, Iowa jobs, Unemployment insurance, Unemployment rate

Posted on February 11, 2021 at 3:00 PM by Colin Gordon

The decision by Governor Reynolds to lift both the state’s partial face mask mandate and any remaining social distancing restrictions...

Categories: Jobs & labor, Safety net & work supports

Tagged As: COVID-19, Unemployment insurance