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Parts Of Iowa Have A Broadband Access Problem
Iowa broadband data analysis from The Iowa Policy Project https://www.iowapolicyproject.org/2020Research/200608-IPP-broadband-bgd.html “Overall, 21.2 percent of Iowa’s residents lack a broadband subscription, even with mobile access included, according to the most recent Bureau of the Census data (American Community Survey 2018, five-year … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Covid-19, Iowa broadband data, Iowa infrastructure, iowa policy project
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Join Iowa COVID-19 Update With Iowa Policy Project
Join us for ‘An Iowa COVID-19 State of Play Update with Iowa Policy Project’ Monday, April 13th @ 6 PM. Live on Zoom Mike Owen and Peter Fisher will dig in on the data and transparency issues surrounding the state’s … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged covid-19 resources, factory farms moratorium, Governor Reynolds metrics, Iowa Covid-19 data, iowa policy project, Iowa shelter-in-place, Iowa unemployment numbers
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Labor Day 2017: The State of Working Iowa
This article by Colin Gordon, Senior Researcher at the nonpartisan Iowa Policy Project, appeared in the Des Moines Register September 2, 2017. Labor Day is always a good time to take stock of the state of working Iowa. Patterns of … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Labor
Tagged Iowa economy, Iowa jobs, Iowa labor, iowa policy project, Labor Day Iowa 2017, Working Iowa
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Iowa Budget Dilemma for 2014
Editor’s note: I turn the page over to the folks at IFP today. Below is an excellent analysis of Iowa’s current fiscal course. Should be mandatory reading for legislators. Setting a Sustainable Course Against a Tide of Giveaways Iowa’s 2014 … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Budget, Economy, Guest Posts, Sustainability
Tagged iowa fiscal partnership, iowa policy project
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Governor Branstad’s Jobs Numbers Challenged
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Tagged Governor Branstad, Iowa jobs numbers, iowa policy project, Progress Iowa
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ALEC: How Bad Public Policy Finds Friends In State Legislatures
A new report from the Iowa Policy Project and Good Jobs First is warning folks around the country to take note: Ideas for bad public policy have friends in state legislatures, and Iowa is no exception. Here’s what IPP sent … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC
Tagged ALEC, ALEC in Iowa, Iowa legislative session 2013, iowa policy project, Terry Branstad and ALEC
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Republicans Prove Devolution And Other Observations
Let me start with a plug for one of the best sites to find information and solid analysis about Iowa issues: the Iowa Policy Project . Those folks over there look at the issues in very basic terms and translate … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, Health Care & Medicare
Tagged healthcare, iowa policy project, jobs, pollution, social security
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