Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Stopping Mass Shootings Means Regulating Guns And More

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Ed Fallon does an excellent job in this article of taking the gun violence discussion out of the either-or (guns v. mental health) and moving it to a comprehensive examination of many factors at play in the U.S. that contribute … Continue reading →

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Rally for an Assault Weapons Ban

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Trish Nelson

studentsdemandaction.org/ Rally for an Assault Weapons Ban We’re fed up with lawmakers offering only thoughts and prayers. Fed up with them ignoring the voice of the “mass shooting generation” and refusing to reinstate the bipartisan Assault Weapons Ban to save … Continue reading →

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DNR Moving Forward With Executive Order Revision of CAFO Regulations

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Important update about CAFO regulation (sounds more like deregulation) from the website of Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors – JFAN jfaniowa.org by Diane Rosenberg | Executive Director The DNR is now continuing its revision of Chapter 65 under the direction … Continue reading →

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Iowa Press I Think I Thought I Saw You Try

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Trish Nelson

On the April 28th episode of Iowa Press the panel frivoled away 26 minutes of precious broadcast time on the weather. No, not climate change.  Just the weather. Guests were two National Weather Service meteorologists based in Johnston, a suburb … Continue reading →

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America’s Biggest Problem: Corporate News

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Update:  I don’t 100% agree with what Thom says here that a fairness doctrine wouldn’t help. The fact that the R’s, specifically our own senator Chuck Grassley, has slapped down any mention of a return to the Fairness Doctrine validates … Continue reading →

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Will Republican Vote Purging Work Again In 2024?

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Vote suppression is alive and well in Iowa too.  Republican vote suppression laws worked in the 2022 mid-terms in Iowa. Ann Selzer on Iowa Press: “And so when you shrink the proportion of the total electorate, to me that is … Continue reading →

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Stop The Freeze On Diversity, Equity And Inclusion

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from OneIowa: They weren’t satisfied with their attacks on LGBTQ youth in Iowa schools K-12, so now they’ve moved up to higher education. Late last night, Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee introduced HF731, a massive budget bill … Continue reading →

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Never Forget May 4th, 1970

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Moving stories from students and teachers who were there.

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Are Unions Making A Comeback In Iowa?

Posted on May 3, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power by Dave Leshtz  See the full article published in The Nation A line of 25 people, mostly college students, snaked from the counter to the front door at the … Continue reading →

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Iowa Democrats’ Live Events To Continue Through Summer/Fall

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Trish Nelson

From our inbox yesterday afternoon – Blue Statehouse Alert from Iowa House Dems STATE BUDGET STALLS ADJOURNMENT Every year, the last thing that must be passed before lawmakers can adjourn is setting the state’s budget. There are seven budgets that … Continue reading →

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