Category Archives: Iowa in the News

Iowans Voting by Absentee Ballot in Record Numbers

Posted on October 16, 2004 by bfialindathieman

  Iowans Voting by Absentee Ballot in Record Numbers by Linda Thieman According to Iowa Secretary of State Chet Culver, Iowans are voting by absentee ballot in record numbers. Through last Tuesday, Culver's office showed 314,600 Iowa voters had requested … Continue reading →

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Sally Vitamvas Concludes 106-mile Run Through District

Posted on October 14, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Sally Vitamvas Concludes 106-mile Run Through District See Sally Run!  Sally Vitamvas greets supporters as she arrives in Council Bluffs at the end of her month-long run. That's her dad, Norman Van Sickle, seated in front. Last weekend in Council … Continue reading →

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Local Iowa Governments Taken Advantage of by White House

Posted on October 14, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Local Iowa Governments Taken Advantage of by White House by Darrell Lewis National Public Radio documents how thousands of Americans have been denied access illegally to Presidential and Vice Presidential events.  Unless an event is called a campaign event and … Continue reading →

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Hundreds of Iowa Voter Forms Rejected

Posted on October 13, 2004 by bfialindathieman

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

Posted on October 13, 2004 by bfialindathieman

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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The Counterpoint: Sinclair & The Anti-Kerry Doc

Posted on October 11, 2004 by bfialindathieman

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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Tyson Workers at Iowa Plant Ratify Contract

Posted on October 10, 2004 by bfialindathieman

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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Iowa Hog Lot Controversy Far From Over

Posted on October 10, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Iowa Hog Lot Controversy Far From Over by Shawn Harmsen, KIMT-TV, Mason City Supporters of a Worth County livestock ordinance say their fight for a cleaner environment isn't over.  Iowa's Supreme Court struck down the ordinance [last week].  That decision … Continue reading →

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Voter Registration Swells In Johnson County

Posted on October 10, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Voter Registration Swells In Johnson County Iowa City Press-Citizen Voter registration rolls in Johnson County are swelling at an unprecedented rate.  More than 10,000 since June. An average of more than 250 every day; more than 10 every hour the … Continue reading →

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Change of Plan: Tickets Now Needed for Kerry Event in CR Tonight

Posted on October 4, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Change of Plan: Tickets Now Needed for Kerry Event in CR Tonight John Kerry is having a “Welcome Back to Iowa” airport meet & greet at the Cedar Rapids airport Monday night, October 4th. Doors open at 6:30, and Kerry … Continue reading →

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