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Category Archives: Iowa legislature 2015
Governor Endangers Vulnerable Iowans, School Funding, Workforce Development, Legislative News
ed. note: This is an edited version of the Courtney newsletter. For the whole newsletter, please go here. SENATE: GOVERNOR’S PLAN MAY ENDANGER VULNERABLE IOWANS In January, Governor Branstad surprised Iowans by proposing to privatize almost all of Iowa’s Medicaid … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Budget, Courtney, Courtney Report, Economy, Education, Iowa Legislature, Iowa legislature 2015, Jobs, medicaid expansion, middle-class, poverty
Tagged medicaid, school funding
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Iowa Lawmaker Gets A Laugh Not In A Good Way
Friday, March 20, 2015: Another testy week in Des Moines. We all certainly could use a laugh to lighten the mood in the Capitol building, but, once again, an attempt at such got very lost in translation. A silly book … Continue reading
School Funding, Payroll Debit Cards, Texting: The Courtney Report
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt of the weekly newsletter from Senator Courtney. For the full newsletter, please go to his website CALL THE GOVERNOR: IOWA STUDENTS ARE WORTH MORE If the future of Iowa children, job creation and economic … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Courtney, Courtney Report, Economy, Education, Iowa legislature 2015, Jobs
Tagged payroll debit cards, texting
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Iowa’s Problem Of Priorities
Once again the folks at Iowa Fiscal Partnership provide solid analysis on why Iowa is having trouble funding even its most basic services at a time when politicians of all stripes claim the economic outlook in this state is good. … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Economy, Education, Iowa Legislature, Iowa legislature 2015, Iowa Policy Project
Tagged California economy, Minnesota economy
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Iowa Pipeline Walk: Day 10
Please follow Ed Fallon’s walk across Iowa along the route of the proposed Bakken Oil Pipeline. Go to http://fallonforum.com/pipeline-walk/ You can also follow on Facebook or get e-mail updates. Wednesday, March 11, 2015 – Keomah Village, Iowa by Ed Fallon … Continue reading
Rally For Education In Davenport
JOIN STUDENTS, TEACHERS, BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS RALLY FRIDAY AT 5PM NORTH HIGH SCHOOL – 626 W. 53RD STREET, DAVENPORT None of Iowa’s children are worth-less On Monday night, Davenport School Superintendent Art Tate made headlines when he announced … Continue reading
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Tagged Davenport School District, Iowa education budget, Superintendent Art Tate
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Wages, Jobs, Child Care, Wage Theft: The Courtney Report
Note: This is edited from the weekly email report from Senator Courtney. To see the full report please go to Senator Courtney’s website. Note2: This post missed the schedule last week. To make sure that important info in here is … Continue reading
Posted in Courtney, Courtney Report, Economy, Education, Iowa Legislature, Iowa legislature 2015, Iowa Policy Project, Jobs, minimum wage
Tagged child care, wage theft in Iowa
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Iowa Republicans Versus Iowa Teachers
Monday morning I was half listening to Iowa Public Radio’s Morning Edition when I heard Iowa news reporter Joyce Russell tell a short story on the annual standoff on public school funding in Iowa. The story was an interview with … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Education, Iowa Legislature, Iowa legislature 2015
Tagged Kraig Paulsen, Scott Walker, teachers, unions, vouchers
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Is This Hell? Not Yet But It Will Be If The Iowa Legislature Legalizes Fireworks
Yes it will be hell for dogs, veterans with PTSD, children and parents of children who are injured, not to mention the hell of further poisoning Iowa’s groundwater, if Iowa lawmakers legalize fireworks. Nobody needs fireworks. You can go see … Continue reading
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Tagged legalized fireworks in Iowa
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What Is Wage Theft?
It’s happening in Iowa.
Posted in Iowa legislature 2015
Tagged Applebees wage theft, Iowa legislature 2015, wage theft at CWL Welding, wage theft in Iowa
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