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Guest post: Iowa’s attempt to regionalize services hurts smaller communities
The main issue that got me active in politics is the impact that regionalization of services has on smaller cities and rural areas. In October 2013, I was working as a sexual assault advocate in my hometown of Muscatine when my company’s CEO announced the closure of our local domestic violence shelter. What this meant…
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Biden’s plan to make corporations and billionaires pay more in taxes
The president plans to raise taxes on billionaires and giant corporations to help fund more affordable housing and child care, while keeping taxes the same for those earning under $400,000 per year.
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Bruegger’s Bagels employees launch new union in Iowa
Workers at Bruegger’s Bagels, a nationwide bakery chain, are trying to unionize—and, surprisingly, the effort is starting in Iowa, a state with some of the fewest rights for workers in the country.
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Kalbach: Why aren’t Grassley and Ernst supporting MCOOL in the Farm Bill?
Guest columnist Barb Kalbach questions why Iowa’s two US senators haven’t endorsed mandatory country-of-origin labels for beef in the Farm Bill, which she says could help family farms.
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Celebrate Pride Month with these must-read books
We asked our colleagues across Courier Newsroom to share recommendations for books by LGBTQ+ authors. Here’s what they said.
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How a near-total abortion ban would give domestic abusers in Iowa more power
As the Iowa Supreme Court considers a near-total abortion ban, experts reveal how domestic abusers use abortion bans to control their victims.
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Trump promises billionaires tax cuts if they donate to his campaign
The former president has cozied up to fellow billionaires in recent months as he’s become increasingly anxious to avoid prison, and therefore needs cash to fund his legal and campaign fees. In exchange, he’s promising to once again pass tax cuts for corporations and the super rich.
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Trump allies are open to the idea of mandatory military service for teens
Young Americans haven’t faced the possibility of a draft since 1973. If some in former president Donald Trump’s circle have a say, mandatory service could be back on the table.
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Rep. Miller-Meeks keeps taking credit for funding she voted against
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks has publicly touted the roughly $470 million in infrastructure funding that’s been promised to her district, even though she voted against the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, which is providing the funding.
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Iowa senators voting against birth control part of a pattern
Republicans say they support birth control access, but for years they’ve failed to vote on protections to guarantee access stays safe. When the federal Right to Contraceptive Act failed in the US Senate last week, state Sen. Zach Wahls, a Democrat representing Coralville, saw a parallel to what happened when Iowa Democrats introduced a Right…
