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Iowa voters say clean water is a top issue. Ashley Hinson has voted to limit clean water protections

April 21, 2026

Iowa voters say clean water is a top priority. As US Rep. Ashley Hinson campaigns for Iowa’s open US Senate seat, her voting record shows a consistent pattern of opposing federal clean water protections. It was billed as a common-sense fix for bureaucratic red tape. When US Rep. Ashley Hinson voted for the PERMIT Act…

11 charter schools get grants from COVID relief fund

September 6, 2024

With federal dollars allowed for supporting students impacted by the pandemic, Gov. Kim Reynolds named the 11 charter schools that will receive the nearly $4 million.

Insulin prices plunge for Iowans due to Biden’s American Rescue Plan

January 3, 2024

Eli Lilly, Sanofi, and Novo Nordisk’s price cuts are expected to benefit many Iowans who need insulin to survive. The companies first announced the moves last year, as a response to an American Rescue Plan provision that threatened to penalize them if they kept prices high.

Kamala Harris has a lot to run on. Here’s what to watch for.

July 21, 2024

During her time as vice president, Harris has helped pass laws that lowered healthcare costs, invested in childcare and housing, and advanced efforts to fight climate change.

Opinion: Johnson Co. supervisor: We’re still committed to affordable housing

April 15, 2024

This column, by Johnson County Supervisor Jon Green, is in response to a previous column by leaders from Escucha Mi Voz. On March 3, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors decided to shift funding in support of affordable housing from our American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocation to county general funds. We did so to…

Trump a CEO’s dream, worker’s nightmare, labor leaders warn at DNC

August 19, 2024

The heads of six unions spoke on the first night of the Democratic National Convention to list the many ways the Biden-Harris team has had workers’ backs and how Trump has been hostile to workers’ rights and prosperity.

Trump failed to cap insulin costs. Now, he’s mad Biden got it done.

June 10, 2024

Trump’s time in the White House saw no changes to the staggering cost of insulin for patients, and it was two laws signed by Biden that helped lower insulin costs to $35 per month for millions of Americans.

Gov. Reynolds announces programs to fund recovery for victims of state floods, tornados

July 12, 2024

Following a summer of disastrous floods and tornadoes, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced multiple new programs to help impacted farmers and citizens recover from damages. “We’ve all seen the photos of the neighborhoods that have been leveled, of towns completely underwater, and they’re heartbreaking,” Reynolds said during a Thursday press conference. “To see it firsthand is…

Harris wants to cap child care costs and expand the child tax credit. Trump’s solution? Tariffs.

September 26, 2024

Harris has proposed capping families’ child care costs to 7% of their income and offering families of newborns up to $6,000 in the first year of the child’s life. Trump, on the other hand, has focused on tariffs as a solution to the child care crisis, despite evidence showing they would only raise costs for…

Two years in, the Inflation Reduction Act is lowering health care costs in Iowa

August 16, 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act ensured that 15,000 Iowans were able to keep their health insurance, reduced the cost of insulin for nearly 19,000 Iowa seniors, and incentivized manufacturers to invest in the state and create more clean energy jobs.