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Iowa Governor’s Office pay up 35% over decade as broader executive branch salaries decline, auditor finds
Salaries paid to Iowa’s executive branch employees fell 7.6% over the past decade when adjusted for inflation, according to a report released this week by State Auditor Rob Sand. However, the offices of Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Secretary of State Paul Pate have bucked that trend, posting increases where the rest of the state’s…
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Iowa’s child labor problem 10 times worse than national rate: News for workers, Sept. 17, 2026
Our state had 10 times the rate of child labor law violations compared to the US as a whole in 2025, according to Common Good Iowa’s Sean Finn—and businesses are rarely penalized for it.
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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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Nunn, Miller-Meeks flip on Iran war vote. Hinson continues to back Trump’s war
Every time the House has voted this year on ending the Iran war, Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted no. Tuesday, seven weeks before Election Day, both changed course. Ashley Hinson, running for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat, still hasn’t.
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Zach Nunn’s fundraiser with Hegseth violated the law per watchdog complaint
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech at US Rep. Zach Nunn’s fundraiser ran afoul of ethics laws guiding the use of taxpayer money for political purposes, according to a recent complaint made by a nonpartisan group.
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Nate Willems doubles down on attack ad despite POET legal threat
POET Biorefining threatened legal action this week and is alleging Willems’ commercial falsely implies its CEO bribed Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird, Willems’ opponent.
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Iowa farmers warn Save Our Bacon Act could lead to more farm consolidation
In 1998, hog prices collapsed and Chris Petersen lost the family farm. This week, he stood in a barn near Elkhart and said US Rep. Ashley Hinson’s “Save Our Bacon Act” could do it again to the Iowa farmers still standing.
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ICE smashes in Des Moines man’s truck windows, detains him
“ICE agents smashed his windows, and my mom had to hear it happening over the phone before the call went dead.”
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Rents rising faster in Cedar Rapids: Iowa worker news and layoffs, Sept. 10, 2026
Rents are rising faster in Cedar Rapids and Linn County than in other parts of Iowa—a trend Escucha Mi Voz links to the boom of data center building in the area.
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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.
