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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
Why Every Town Needs A Bike Library
From the spring 2023 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is funded entirely by reader subscription, delivered to your door for $15/year and available online at theprairieprogressive.com. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City … Continue reading
Republican Legislators Give Kim Reynolds Unprecedented Power
AFSCME Council 61: Working Iowans Will Pay The Price For Reynolds’ Power Grab Des Moines, Iowa — AFSCME Council 61 President Rick Eilander issued the following statement after the Iowa House of Representatives passed government reorganization legislation that vastly increases … Continue reading
Republicans: No Platform – No Principles
GOP principles go up in smoke at the Iowa Statehouse by Kathie Obradovich, Iowa Capital Dispatch March 13, 2023 Republicans in the Iowa Legislature like to talk about their bedrock principles. This year, those principles seem to be printed on … Continue reading
This Is A Full-Blown Five Alarm Emergency
Kim Reynolds is sad because she did not get her “own” state auditor in the November election. So why not just strip the office of its official powers? Please read, sign and share this urgent action alert from Rob Sand. … Continue reading
The Living And The Dead In The Iowa Legislature
Iowa Legislative Update (As of March 10, 2023) from Iowa Citizen Action Network In the first few weeks of session, we saw a major GOP priority, a “school choice” bill passed and signed into law. Also now law, medical malpractice … Continue reading
New Poll: Republican Policies Are Not Popular
Research again confirming the obvious. Only the extremists are FOR book banning. That’s because they’re generally opposed to books, reading, education, etc. From Progress Iowa – New Poll Shows Widespread Opposition To Book Banning, Curriculum Censorship Des Moines, Iowa — … Continue reading
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Tagged book banning, Defund Republicans, public education, right wing extremists
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One Iowa Responds To Passage Of SF 538
From our inbox Wednesday, 5:30 pm from OneIowaAction I am writing to you with a heavy heart. Today SF 538 passed the House, and it cleared the Senate yesterday, making it set to arrive at the governor’s desk anytime. We … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa legislative session 2023, LGBTQ equality in Iowa, LGBTQ rights
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Watch This Week’s Blue Statehouse Alert Live
This week on the Blue Statehouse Live Jennifer Konfrst thanked everyone for the difference you all are making by participating – particularly if you showed up at the rally at the capitol on Sunday. Dems “will continue to push for … Continue reading
GOP War on Women Continues
Life saving medicine like Mifepristone – legal in the U.S. for decades – will be banned if the GOP gets its way. What is the real impact of banning mifepristone? Join the Thom Hartmann show as he discusses with Monifa … Continue reading
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Tagged GOP war on women, Mifepristone, women's equality, Women's health care
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Iowa Farmers Union Lunch And Learn
“Farmers and consumers working together in support of Iowa’s family farms and rural communities.“ Follow Iowa Farmers Union on Facebook and Twitter. Check out their website at iowafarmersunion.org/ This week’s Lunch & Learn: “Ann Wolf and Dr. Rob Wallace, Co-Directors … Continue reading