Category Archives: Calls to Action

Email or Call to Support Clean Elections

Email or Call to Support Clean Elections By Public Campaign Action Fund (Reposted from Bleeding Heartland) Due to some technical issues, Blog for Iowa has been down this week. However, we have them fixed, and are ready to roll. Let's … Continue reading

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Free Journalism Training and Lexis Account for Iowa Bloggers!

Free Journalism Training and Lexis Account for Iowa Bloggers! By Chase Martyn I'm Chase Martyn, and I run IowaProgress.com.  I'm also working with the Center for Independent Media on their new Iowa program.  As part of their commitment to growing … Continue reading

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Iowa House to Debate Global Warming Law

Iowa House to Debate Global Warming Law By Mark Langgin House Democrats are moving forward with a landmark piece of legislation to bring the debate about limits on greenhouse gas emissions to the State of Iowa.  Senate File 485 is … Continue reading

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PATV Bill Has to Pass to Keep Democracy Now!

PATV Bill Has to Pass to Keep Democracy Now! Trish and Ellen, RR-Iowa Coordinators All,   Public Access Television is one of the few sparks of life in an otherwise dead media system.  If mainstream media were doing its job, we would … Continue reading

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Rally for VOICE on Wednesday in Des Moines

Rally for VOICE on Wednesday in Des Moines By Moveon.Org The Iowa General Assembly is debating a bill to adopt Clean Elections—public financing for candidates in legislative and statewide races. Clean Elections is a proven policy working in states like … Continue reading

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Action Needed on Civil Rights Bill in Iowa House

Action Needed on Civil Rights Bill in Iowa House Janelle Rettig Friends,   SF 427, the civil rights bill, is in trouble in the Iowa House.  The bill would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the state civil rights … Continue reading

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Action Needed on PATV Law

Action Needed on PATV Law Trish and Ellen, RR-Iowa Coordinators All,   Please contact your State Representative today about Senate file 554 (video franchise bill) that passed the Senate and is currently in the State House.  If the bill passes before … Continue reading

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Attend the ICAN Conference in Des Moines on April 21

Attend the ICAN Conference in Des Moines on April 21 By Betty Ahrens, Executive Director   I am pleased to invite you to attend ICAN’s Annual Leadership Training Conference set for Saturday, April 21 – from 12:00 p.m. to 5:30 … Continue reading

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Congress Needs Independent Watch Dog

Congress Needs Independent Watch Dog By Meshawn Ayala, Iowa PIRG Citizen Outreach DirectorThe last month must have been bleak for our leaders in congress. The ethics bill passed during the first 100 hours has drastically reduced the free trips and … Continue reading

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Rally at the Capital on Wednesday

Rally at the Capital on Wednesday By Dave Murphy Please forward this alert to all your members and concerned parties. Let our legislators know that we want action in the Iowa House and Senate on clean air and water for … Continue reading

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