Money & Jobs
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Dubuque nurses sound alarm on cardiac cuts: Layoffs and worker news, Oct. 1, 2026
“You do not close a fire department because there aren’t enough fires in a particular area to justify the expense,” said Abby Butler, a nurse who has worked at Finley for four years.
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Could Iowa get the nation’s largest steel plant?
Trump says Iowa is getting the US’s biggest steel plant by 2030. But will it really happen, or is it a midterm mirage?
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How Harry Stine, Iowa billionaire, made his money
Do you know about Harry Stine, Iowa’s only billionaire?
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Iowa workers stiffed $900 million a year. He wants to stop that theft
An estimated $900 million is stolen from Iowa workers by their employers every year. If he’s elected, labor lawyer Nate Willems says the state will finally do something about that.
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Will Amendment 1 in Iowa prevent us from raising taxes on the rich?
Raising taxes on the rich is an extremely popular issue. Amendment 1 would basically take that option away—and with Iowa running billion-dollar deficits lately, the rest of us could be making up the difference.
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‘Nobody is gonna come save us:’ Iowa’s university workers form different kind of union
Workers at Iowa’s three public universities who aren’t faculty aren’t unionized, and the state makes it hard to form one. So workers are trying something a little different.
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Gov. Reynolds asks UIHC to lower cancer bills: Iowa worker news and layoffs for July 23, 2026
Pretty please lower the hospital bills, Gov. Kim Reynolds is apparently asking University of Iowa Health Care after the Des Moines Register found thousands of patients were being charged more for cancer care. UIHC’s response? Take it up with the feds.
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Pesticide drift could have ruined Iowa farmer’s crop
A Page County farmer’s entire crop may have just been ruined by his neighbor’s pesticide drift—and the only punishment is a slap on the wrist.
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Is there actually a China trade deal? Worker news and layoffs, June 3, 2026
Trump claims that China committed to buying upwards of $17 billion in US agricultural products each year for the next three years. But his claim was not confirmed by the Chinese embassy.
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Prices up 3.8% from last year, highest since 2023: Iowa worker news and layoffs for May 14, 2026
That $12 billion farmer bailout is also being eaten up by rising prices caused by Trump’s war in Iran.
