Category Archives: Iowa Policy Project

Looking Back At The Session

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Dave Bradley

Once again we wish to thank Iowa Policy Project for their solid and in depth analysis on issues in the state of Iowa. We are quite lucky to have such a policy analysis group in a small state such as … Continue reading →

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Iowa Families Struggle to Meet Basic Needs‏

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Dave Bradley

FRIENDS: Today we put out the second installment of our Cost of Living in Iowa report, which found 1 in 6 Iowa households do not make what is needed for a basic-needs household budget (3 out of 5 single-parent households). … Continue reading →

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Keeping Iowa’s Debates Honest, Factual And In Perspective

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Dave Bradley

FRIENDS: The Iowa Policy Project has been watching Iowa’s job picture for more than 10 years with a monthly review of the state’s job data as it is released. Along with our annual reports on The State of Working Iowa, … Continue reading →

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Branstad Counts Funny

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Dave Bradley

IPP Friends: How to Count Jobs‏ FRIENDS: Keeping Count of Iowa Jobs — Carefully Numbers are funny things. Except when they’re not. And when it comes to jobs, they are not something to be treated lightly. That’s why IPP today … Continue reading →

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Iowa Needs SNAP

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Dave Bradley

I would normally not feature a message from IPP so shortly after doing so with their annual look at working Iowa. However, their treatment of the Republican attempt to make millions of Americans and thousands of Iowans go hungry through … Continue reading →

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The State Of Working Iowa 2013

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Once again our friends at the Iowa Policy Project have released their annual report on working families in Iowa. This is one of their chief research projects every year. While we hear folks like Governor Branstad extol the economy under his … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Low Wages in Iowa

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Paul Deaton

In adding my congratulations to Mike Owen for his promotion as executive director of the Iowa Policy Project, I also suggest readers check out his latest blog post titled, “We promise: We won’t cook burgers.” It is about the spurious … Continue reading →

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Change At Iowa Policy Project

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Dave Bradley

We would like to note that the folks at Iowa Policy Project have announced a change at the top. It is not a huge change. David Osterberg has stepped down as the executive director. Mike Owen, Mr. Osterberg’s long time … Continue reading →

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Minimum Wage: Off the Pace Again

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Once again the policy analysts at the Iowa Policy Project dig way below the surface to give us the facts. As we all know, it is better to go into a discussion armed with facts and not talking points. … Continue reading →

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IFP POLICY BRIEF: Commercial Property Taxes: Reform First

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Dave Bradley

By Peter S. Fisher Peter Fisher is research director of the Iowa Policy Project, part of the Iowa Fiscal Partnership, a joint public policy research and analysis initiative of IPP in Iowa City and another nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, the Child … Continue reading →

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