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Branstad No Friend Of Public Schools
Iowa State Capitol by Molly Regan For those of us who reaped the benefits of a superb public school experience, I know we all wish that could be the same for Iowa’s children now. But, it appears Iowa...
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Prepping For An Alec Agenda In Iowa
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo16956223.html Pretty much every Saturday during the Iowa legislative session elected members of both houses convene at venues throughout the...
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Students Deliver 7,000+ Signatures To Governor Branstad
senate.iowa.gov/democrats On February 18th, 2015, nursing students from Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, escorted by State Senator Rich Taylor, delivered a petition with over 7,000 signatures...
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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...
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Simply Stated: A Party Is Its Budget
Surely this is not the first time you have heard this: budgets are moral documents. They also are the means by which political parties translate all their rhetoric and advertisements into actual...
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Governor Endangers Vulnerable Iowans, School Funding, Workforce Development,...
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...
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School Funding, Budget, Medical Marijuana – The Courtney Report
ed. note: this is an editted version of Senator Courtney’s newsletter. For the full newsletter, please go here BUDGET PRIORITIES WILL EXPAND IOWA’S MIDDLE CLASS This week, the Iowa Senate released a...
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Pathetic Republican Action On School Funding
things to do when not legislatin’ Once again Iowa’s legislature becomes the laughing stock of Iowa through its lack of action concerning Iowa schools at all levels. Iowa was once the gold standard for...
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Statehouse News, School Funding Crisis Continues
Ed. note: This week’s newsletter comes from the desk of Representative Kirsten Running-Marquard and the staff for Democratic members of the Iowa House. Although today is the “official” last day of...
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Branstad Throws $21 Million At Egyptian Fertilizer Company While Telling Iowa...
progressiowa.org Branstad Funds Orascom Instead of Schools DES MOINES — The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) today approved an additional $21.5 million in tax incentives for the Iowa...
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Iowa Republicans Thumb Their Noses At Iowans
Three fine examples of Republican leaders in Iowa and what they really think of the average Iowan. First is not an elected official, but WHO radio personality Jan Mickelson whose program is essentially...
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ALEC Chosen As Iowa’s New House Speaker
A Legislator for Every Corp. Oops – that is, former ALEC chair Linda Upmeyer chosen as new Iowa House Speaker. But they are pretty much interchangeable. She and ALEC founding father Terry Branstad...
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Branstad Vetoed Public School Money To Give To Private Schools
The headline of this story, Branstad Advocates for School Choice, makes it sounds like Governor Branstad is doing something good. Nothing could be further from the truth. Branstad is signaling his...
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Proposed Amendments To The Continuing Resolution
Teabaggers dreams were quashed Wednesday afternoon when the US House passed the Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government for another 2 months. The bill was described as a “clean” bill – that...
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Ernst, Grassley Vote To Take Away Health Care
not working for most Iowans Also vote to gut Planned Parenthood On a Senate vote using the reconciliation process to push a very bad Republican budget bill with amendments to dismantle the ACA (aka...
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SILT: How Budget Bill Benefits Iowa Landowners
Update from Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT): The spending bill just signed by President Obama contains a huge benefit for Iowa landowners who want to protect their land to grow healthy food for...
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Contact Your Representatives!
Iowa Capitol The very most effective action you can take following the liberating experience of standing up to the bully is to now start contacting your national senators and representatives on...
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Military Spending Grows While States Struggle To Fund Essential Needs
Ed Flaherty The atmosphere of fear, distrust, anger, and, for some, celebration, permeates our present and obscures clear thinking. We lose sight of truths that are right in front of our nose. The...
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IPP And Senator Dvorsky On The Budget Shortfall
Last Monday Mike Owen the Executive Director of the Iowa Policy Project and Research Director Peter Fisher gave a presentation at the Moral Monday meeting March 13th. This video is about 40 minutes...
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Trump Budget: Immorality In Black And White
Here are a couple of analyses of the Trump agenda. One of the best attributes of the internet is that a citizen can find in depth reviews of issues of the day. This is why we need an open and neutral...
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