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Monthly Archives: October 2004
Hundreds of Iowa Voter Forms Rejected
Hundreds of Iowa Voter Forms Rejected by Lynn Campbell, Des Moines Register County auditors have been unable to verify identification numbers for applications Confusion over portions of Iowa's mail-in voter registration application has left the voting status of hundreds of … Continue reading
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Working Families Get Squeezed in Iowa
Working Families Get Squeezed in Iowa
Iowa Fiscal Partnership
Report: One in Four Families in Iowa is Low-Income
IOWA CITY – One in four Iowa families is low-income, earning less than $36,784 for a family of four, according to a new national report.
“Work should pay better than that,” said Elaine Ditsler, research associate for the Iowa Policy Project (IPP), who noted other findings of the report.
“When one-third of Iowa children in working families are in low-income homes, we should be concerned about addressing their needs. When almost half of minority working families are low-income, how can anyone be satisfied with that?”
The report also found that working families face uneven income conditions state-to-state, with Iowa ranking about in the middle on several measures.
“Average is not good enough for Iowa,” Ditsler said.
The report was conducted as part of the Working Poor Families Project, supported by the Annie E. Casey, Ford, and Rockefeller foundations. The report spotlights issues confronting low-income working families and makes several recommendations to improve their economic standing.
Ditsler reviewed the report for the Iowa Fiscal Partnership, a joint effort of the IPP and the Child & Family Policy Center in Des Moines.
Ranking states from first (best) to 50th (worst), the report, “Working Hard, Falling Short,” found Iowa:
–Ranks 25th nationally in the percentage of working families that are low income (1 in 4) and 19th on the percentage of children that live in low-income working families. One out of 3 children in working families lives in a low-income family.
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Converting Manure Into Crude Oil
Converting Manure Into Crude Oil ThePigSite.com Tired of politics? Let's talk pig poo. American industrial agriculture is executed on an enormous scale. To look at just one slice: More than 100 million head of hogs and pigs are slaughtered in … Continue reading
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Working for a Pittance
Working for a Pittance by Bob Herbert, New York Times Coming this week are the results of a new study that shows – here at home – how tough a time American families are having in their never-ending struggle to … Continue reading
Kerry, Edwards in Des Moines Thursday
KERRY, EDWARDS IN DES MOINES THURSDAY Iowa for Kerry-Edwards Please join us in welcoming John Kerry, John Edwards, Teresa Heinz Kerry, and Elizabeth Edwards to Des Moines on Thursday, October 14. This is an exciting opportunity to show your support … Continue reading
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Looks Like Kerry Will Win: Here’s Why
Looks Like Kerry Will Win: Here's Why Here are a couple of interesting points I ran across recently. Each man argues, for his own reasons, why he thinks Kerry will win. Referendum on the Incumbent, Part 1 From veteran political … Continue reading
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Connie Wilson’s Report on the ACT Concert in Ames (live webcast tonight at 5:30pmCT)
America Coming Together Concert: October 6, Ames, Iowa – Hilton Coliseum
by Stacey and Connie Wilson
UPDATE: Tonight, the FINAL ACT concert will be webcast live for your enjoyment, starting at 5:30pm Iowa time. Click on the link below:
On Wednesday, October 6th, at 6:00 p.m., my 17-year-old daughter and I began the trip to Ames, Iowa, home of Iowa State University, to hear Dave Matthews Band, along with My Morning Jacket, Jurassic5 and Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals. We would not return to Des Moines for the night until 1:48 a.m.
Dave Matthews in Ames (photo: Stacey Wilson)
Hilton Coliseum was packed. With 14,178 seats, all of which appeared to be sold out, the concert (at roughly $50 a ticket) grossed an estimated $708,900 for the Kerry/Edwards campaign war chest (exclusive of band expenses). While it was “politics light,” with most of the acts simply urging the young crowd to vote at all, while not necessarily saying for whom, the concert was organized by MoveOn.org to (hopefully) rally the youth vote for the Democratic ticket. Judging from the number of Bush/Cheney stickers on cars in the parking lot, the largest contribution that many of these students will make will be financial, as some were obviously just there for the music. As they exited in their Bush/Cheney cars, they hunched down like criminals leaving the scene of a crime.
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The Counterpoint: Sinclair & The Anti-Kerry Doc
The Counterpoint: Sinclair & The Anti-Kerry Doc The rational counter to “The Point,” “The Counterpoint” critiques and corrects the daily editorial by Sinclair Broadcasting's corporate vice president, Mark Hyman, that is broadcast on all Sinclair-owned television stations across the country. … Continue reading
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Re-Discover Iowa with John Drury on Columbus Day
Re-Discover Iowa with John Drury on Columbus Day John Drury will travel to all five counties in Senate District Six on Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 11, 2004 with his message of Re-Discover Iowa. Re-Discover Iowa is a three-point plan to … Continue reading
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Tyson Workers at Iowa Plant Ratify Contract
Tyson Workers at Iowa Plant Ratify Contract Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier Tyson Foods Inc. announced Thursday that workers at a plant in Cherokee, Iowa, have approved a new five-year contract that will have employees pay 25 percent of health insurance costs. … Continue reading
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