A big, BIG rail strike was temporarily averted in the early morning hours Thursday after the rail companies finally agreed to concessions regarding punishing attendance and time-off policies. Maybe you've only heard about the #railstrike in the context of how bad...
Christopher Smith wants you to know two things. One: A nationwide railroad strike is the last thing his Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation (SMART) members, some 700 of whom work for Iowa's rail carriers, want. For the last three years, and through an...
It's not often you see Democrats and Republicans agreeing these days. In Iowa, however, "Iowa has free and fair elections" is one thing auditors of both parties can agree upon. That includes Grant Veeder, the Democratic county auditor of one of Iowa's last...
Iowa is one of five states that will receive new money to upgrade software, reduce backlogs, identify fraud and increase training at their state employment offices, thanks to a round of grants courtesy of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Iowa Workforce...
Unionized workers at Ingredion in Cedar Rapids have held the line for a month, striking to keep their pay, benefits, and retirement intact, and in support of those who would lose their jobs. "We're hanging in there," said Mike Moore, president of the local union....
I’m hiking every beautiful place I can think of around my home state, to showcase the beauty Iowa has to offer. Follow along on social media using #AmieTakesAHike to pass along your suggestions and see where I’m headed next. I don't get up to far northwest Iowa...
The new front in the Donald Trump-led effort to deny the results of the 2020 election has officially come to Iowa. That's thanks in part to a recent high-profile visit to the state by Dr. Douglas Frank, a former math teacher from Ohio who now travels the country on...
We all know the Iowa State Fair: Corn dogs, Ferris wheel, teenagers persuading ornery animals to walk around a ring in pursuit of an FFA championship. But it turns out that those in pursuit of natural places can find those among the hundred-thousand fairgoers as...
Companies engaged in so-called union-busting tactics, such as hiring expensive law firms to subject their employees to anti-union meetings, can currently treat those expenses as tax write-offs. But under a new US House of Representatives bill sponsored by Cindy...
People want one basic thing from their elected officials, says Dr. Mary Kathleen Figaro: Someone who cares. Well, that and someone who shares their values. Figaro, who announced she would run for an open Iowa Senate seat in January, is an epidemiologist used to...
