Tag Archives: Kim Reynolds

You’re Invited To The People’s Condition Of The State #OurIowa

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Action alert for today from ProgressIowa On Tuesday, January 9th, Governor Kim Reynolds will deliver her first Condition of the State address. Will you be there to help us respond?  Join us at the capitol, and share online using the … Continue reading →

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Ann Selzer Sees Wake Up Call For Kim Reynolds

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Trish Nelson

…and other hopeful news for Dems.

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Don’t Let Congress Take Health Insurance Away From Kids

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Iowa Senate Dems: Call Iowa’s members of Congress and tell them to support Iowa’s kids! Senators Grassley and Ernst, Representatives King, Young, Blum, Loebsack  – Congressional Switchboard (202) 224-3121 Also, ask Governor Kim Reynolds to apply some … Continue reading →

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The Future of Iowa

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Published with permission from the Fall 2017 issue of  The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter.  by State Senator Joe Bolkcom Are you mad about Governor Reynold’s decision to waste money giving Apple a 20-million-dollar tax break? You should be. … Continue reading →

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Reynolds-Branstad Have Been Disastrous for Iowa

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Dave Bradley

{Four people who could easily do a better job than Reynolds. Unfortunately, Todd Prichard has dropped out already.} Cutting Long-term care Ombudsman visits to nursing homes just the latest in a long string of bad decisions. In an editorial in … Continue reading →

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Why Iowa Republicans Know They Can Get Away With Anything

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Even more Medicaid cuts?  Why would Republicans do something this despicable?  Answer: Because they can. Because they have been getting away with it and will probably continue to get away with it in the forseeable future. Iowa Republicans know there … Continue reading →

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Progress Iowa: Apple Deal Ripped In Iowa And Around The Country

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Dave Bradley

RE: RELEASE: Business leader: Apple deal gets an ‘A’ for return on investment Matt Sinovic <matt@progressiowa.org> Thursday, August 31, 2017 3:14 PM How do you know the Apple deal isn’t being received well? Less than an hour ago, the Governor’s … Continue reading →

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Progress Iowa Corn Feed In Two Weeks!

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Let’s show Republicans that we will be a force next year! {editorial comment} 5 minutes Governor Reynolds and her administration aren’t doing Iowans any favors. From her budget crisis caused by massive corporate tax breaks to the closing of four … Continue reading →

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Branstad  Leaves Reynolds Holding The Bag 

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Dave Bradley

In what had to be one of the great escapes in recent political history in this state, Terry Branstad royally screwed things up and then left for the relative quiet of China. Branstad has made a very successful career of … Continue reading →

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Is The IPERS Cake Baked?

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Paul Deaton

The Cedar Rapids Gazette was sitting on the break room table last week at the home, farm and auto supply store, open to an article about IPERS, Iowa’s public employee retirement plan. Written by Matt Sinovic of Progress Iowa, the … Continue reading →

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