by Pat Rynard | May 25, 2018 | IA Gov
The Working Families Party is endorsing Cathy Glasson in her bid for Iowa governor today, adding to Glasson’s coalition of national progressive organizations to help her close strong in the primary. They hope that will serve as one more sign to Democrats’...
by Pat Rynard | May 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Thousands of Iowa Democrats have already cast their vote for a candidate who won’t be in the race on Election Day. That’s a frustrating situation to be in for many former Nate Boulton supporters. But there’s simply no option to change your vote after...
by Rick Smith | May 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Five months after Republicans passed their massive corporate tax cut, the CEOs of American companies are popping their champagne corks, toasting their bonanza of pay increases. American workers are still waiting for Trump’s promised wage increase of $4,000 per year....
by Pat Rynard | May 24, 2018 | IA Gov
Senator Nate Boulton ended his campaign for governor this morning following yesterday’s accusations of past sexually inappropriate behavior with women, detailed in a Des Moines Register story. It was an abrupt finish to what had been an otherwise promising...
by Rick Smith | May 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last week, Governor Kim Reynolds’ Department of Human Services (DHS) gave three separate and wildly contradictory estimates of Medicaid privatization savings. Not only do these three latest estimates conflict with one another, none of them come close to earlier...
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