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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
5 Things To Know About The Wisconsin Gerrymandering Case Before The Supreme Court
https://www.brennancenter.org/ 5 Things to Know About the Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case Michael Li, Thomas Wolf With Gill v. Whitford, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken the most important case in decades dealing with how Americans are represented in Congress and … Continue reading
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Tagged gerrymandering, Gill v. Whitford, SCOTUS gerrymandering case, Wisconsin gerrymandering
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Herbicide Linked To Damage Of More Than 150,000 Acres Of Iowa’s Soybean Crop
Austin Frerick calls on EPA to ban the use of Monsanto’s Dicamba until further testing. WINTERSET – Today, Third Congressional District candidate Austin Frerick called on the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture to halt the … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Frerick, dicamba, Iowa soybeans, Monsanto
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“Show Me the Money,” Wage Stagnation Among Workers in the United States
by Ralph Scharnau The stock market breaks records, banks have nicely recovered from the Great Recession, unemployment hovers at historic lows, and the economy hums along. This idyllic picture masks the struggles of ordinary workers. They face a variety of … Continue reading
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Tagged American labor force, labor, U.S. economy, wages
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Why Iowa Republicans Know They Can Get Away With Anything
Even more Medicaid cuts? Why would Republicans do something this despicable? Answer: Because they can. Because they have been getting away with it and will probably continue to get away with it in the forseeable future. Iowa Republicans know there … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa GOP, Iowa Medicaid cuts, Iowa Republicans, Iowa right wing radio stations, Kim Reynolds
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Labor Day 2017: The State of Working Iowa
This article by Colin Gordon, Senior Researcher at the nonpartisan Iowa Policy Project, appeared in the Des Moines Register September 2, 2017. Labor Day is always a good time to take stock of the state of working Iowa. Patterns of … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa economy, Iowa jobs, Iowa labor, iowa policy project, Labor Day Iowa 2017, Working Iowa
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Rush Limbaugh Leader Of Right Wing Cult
Rush Limbaugh is still broadcast on these Iowa commercial stations. WOC Quad Cities, WHO Des Moines, KSJC Sioux City, WMT Cedar Rapids KILR Estherville, KGLO Mason City, WDBQ Dubuque. If you live in one of these broadcast areas, contact your … Continue reading
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Iowa Statehouse News
August 30, 2017 Apple Awarded $213 Million Apple Inc, the most profitable company in the world, was awarded $213 million from Governor Kim Reynolds and local officials to build a new data center in Waukee that will create 50 jobs. … Continue reading
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Will Trump Resign? Will Trump Go To Prison?
This could be wishful thinking, but nothing is predictable these days it seems.
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How You Can Help Animals Impacted by Hurricane Harvey Even if You Live in Iowa
Animals are displaced too. You can help humans by helping their pets. How you can help: UPDATE: Our Animal Rescue Team is on the ground in Texas and working with local officials to help animals impacted by Hurricane Harvey. But … Continue reading
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Loebsack: Iowa Red Cross Volunteers Need Our Financial Support
Message from Iowa’s only Democratic representative in congress, Dave Loebsack: This weekend, Hurricane Harvey devastated Texans with flooding, high winds, and heavy rains. As many as 30,000 may be forced into shelters and 450,000 are likely to seek some form … Continue reading
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Tagged Hurricane Harvey, Iowa Red Cross volunteers, Iowans helping Harvey victims, Rep. Dave Loebsack
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