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Has DOGE Hacked Your Union?
Share with a friend It’s Thursday, Apr. 17, 2025. Amie here. Elon Musk told us DOGE (the “department” of government efficiency that isn’t a real department but definitely gets real taxpayer money anyway) was simply looking into all of our internal systems to tackle “waste, fraud, and abuse.” Turns out that DOGE, which is…
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🗣️ What You Said About Reynolds’ Announcement
Share with a friend It’s Monday, Apr. 14, 2025. 🗣️ Amie here, and we’ve heard from lots of you regarding Gov. Kim Reynolds‘ announcement Friday that she won’t be seeking a third term running Iowa. So we’re running a special edition today of some of your responses! Read that article here, or watch a…
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BREAKING: Kim Reynolds Won’t Run for Reelection
Share with a friend It’s Friday, Apr. 11, 2025. Amie here, interrupting your Friday with some breaking news: Gov. Kim Reynolds just announced she won’t seek reelection to a third term. She’s been governor of Iowa since 2017, when Gov. Terry Branstad tapped her (as his lieutenant governor) to succeed him after he…
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🗣️ ‘Start Doing the Right Thing, Chuck’
Share with a friend It’s Friday, Apr. 11, 2025. 🗣️ It’s Friday: Time for the Reader Sound-Off, where our main export is tariff-free hot takes! But first, here’s the Pet Photo of the Week: These are Jet and Ruby, “new puppies added to the family” in February, says reader Bonnie A. Trying to disguise…
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Please, we want to hear your opinion
We want this newsletter to continue to be something you look forward to arriving in your inbox every day Dear reader, As a valued member of our newsletter community, hearing from you is incredibly important to us. We know you’ve got other options for news in Iowa, and we want this newsletter to continue to…
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What Iowa’s Electeds Are (Not) Doing About Tariffs
Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday, Apr. 9, 2025. Amie here, and yes, the stock market’s 11% loss is not great for our retirements. But what’s more concerning is prices getting a hell of a lot higher on basic goods in the coming weeks and months. Sure, only one doofus (helped by his…
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🗣️ ‘Who Wants Their TP Hanging Against the Wall?’
Share with a friend It’s Friday, Apr. 4, 2025. 🗣️ TGIF: Time for the Reader Sound-Off, where you get your say! But first: We’re bringing back the Pet Photo of the Week! I’ll start running them weekly on Fridays with your letters, so keep sending your pet photos my way! This guy with the sun…
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651 Laid Off at Whirlpool in Amana
Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2025. Amie here, thinking about the 651 Iowans soon to be laid off by June 1 from Whirlpool in Amana, about a third of its workforce. It’s the biggest mass layoff of the year in Iowa (so far), and the largest since Tyson closed its Perry…
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🗣️ ‘This Bill is Bulls—‘
Share with a friend It’s Friday, Mar. 28, 2025. 🗣️ TGIF: Time for the Reader Sound-Off, where we share some of the feedback you all have sent me directly. But before I do, I wanted to thank you all for your donations to our fundraising drive! We had hoped to raise $2,000 from…
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Anti-Apprenticeship Bill Rushed Through Iowa Legislature
Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2025. Amie here. There are lots of bills winding their way through the Iowa Legislature in a hurry now. But this one stuck out. I mentioned in last week’s newsletter how Iowa Republicans passed a controversial bill stopping local governments from requiring workforce training standards…
