What are Iowa’s electeds doing about Trump’s tariffs?
President Donald Trump decided his huge tariffs causing world markets to slump was maybe not the best idea today.
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2025
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2025
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Op-ed: Iowa School Chaplain Bill is a Christian Nationalist Knock Off
The School Chaplain bill is currently rushing through the Iowa legislature – it’s now heading to the Iowa Senate floor as H.F. 884, having passed the House and gone through the Senate Education committee. Despite the fact it seems to clearly violate most...
Apr
2025
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WATCH: Waterloo, Iowa Hands Off rally
Hundreds marched, chanted, sang, and responded to fiery speakers angry about both federal and state policies during the Hands Off! rally in Waterloo, Iowa on Saturday, April 5, 2025.
Apr
2025
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WATCH: Trump’s USDA cuts hurt local farmers and economies
The Trump administration's federal purge left Iowa farmers and food systems out $11 million in USDA support. Anna Pesek, owner of Over the Moon Farm and Flowers in Coggin, explained how that money helped her farm grow and support other local businesses.
Apr
2025
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WATCH: Iowa food banks impacted by Trump’s USDA cuts
Due to the Trump administration's massive cuts to federal programs, the USDA announced earlier this month that it’s frozen payments on already-signed contracts to help schools and food banks buy from local farms. Food bank leaders are left wondering how to address the state's record-breaking need for emergency food support.
Apr
2025
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WATCH: Iowa farmers impacted by Trump’s USDA cuts
The Trump administration's federal purge left Iowa farmers and food systems out $11 million in USDA support. Mari Hunt Wasskink, owner of Black Earth Gardens near Cedar Rapids, and Marcus Johnson, owner of Buffalo Ridge Orchard in Orange City, explained how losing that money will impact their farms.
Apr
2025
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In Walworth County, neighbors rallied for rides—and rediscovered what it means to be a community
The case that locals made for expanding transportation service to Sundays was different. They argued that the people of Walworth County didn’t only need to get to the grocery store and doctor's office—they also needed to get to each other.
Apr
2025
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WATCH: Trump promises billions to Big Ag to bail them out of tariffs
Trump set to roll out sweeping new ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs. And he's promising billions to big Ag to bail them out of problems HIS tariffs will cause.
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Apr
2025
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Op-ed: Facing The Climate Crisis
Before his appointment as U.S. Energy Secretary, Chris Wright was the CEO of Liberty Energy, North America's second largest fracking company. Wright recently asserted: "I am a climate realist. The Trump administration will treat climate change for what it is, a...
Apr
2025
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Op-ed: On Governor’s Voucher Law, Some Claims About Accountability Don’t Add Up
Recently, an argument has been going around that goes like this: private schools are accredited to teach students, therefore they’re accountable to taxpayers. The problem with this argument is that it ignores that accreditation as an academic institution has...
