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A hog farmer lost everything. He says Congress could do it again.
Inside: Your Iowa politics questions Share with a friend Special Edition: Reporter’s Notebook What one sentence in a 400-word bill means for Iowa’s hog farmers—plus more reader questions. I recently read a bill you could print on two pages. Then I read a 90-page legal analysis explaining how those two pages matter more…
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Lone Tree esports coach wins Teacher of the Year
Plus: Positively Iowa and your photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday. Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s photo, Positively Iowa, and news you can use. It’s Doodle Bug time in Webster City. Next weekend is the third-annual African Festival of Arts and Culture in Iowa City. Help clean up an…
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They’re stealing $900 million a year. He’s trying to stop it
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Iowa workers are stiffed $900 million a year. This candidate wants to stop that theft; Iowa’s child labor problem is 10x worse than the national rate; Upcoming…
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What makes it autumn in Iowa?
Plus: Your letters and the post that got the most comments Share with a friend Amie here. I don’t think it even got to 70 degrees yesterday in Waterloo. I was actually contemplating busting out the space heater at one point. To me, IT’S FALL Y’ALL. 🍁 But what makes it fall to you?…
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Cedar Rapids 50+ team wins 3rd-straight title
Plus: Positively Iowa and the photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s the 25th anniversary of 9/11. I was 17 years old, a senior in high school, when our teachers turned on the TVs so we could watch the horror unfold: the World Trade Center towers and Pentagon on fire and then…
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Amendment 1: a tax on Iowa’s workers?
Inside: news about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Will Amendment 1 in Iowa prevent us from raising taxes on the rich? Rents are rising faster in Cedar Rapids Read about the Norma Rae of…
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7-year-old with medical condition kicked out of 2 private schools
Plus: News bites and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. It’s my birthday and I’m feeling very sure of the answer to life, the universe, and everything today! In this issue: One-sentence news bites, this week’s most talked-about post, and readers had a lot to say this past week, and I’m letting…
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Show your work: Inside this week’s mailbag
Plus: How to vote in Iowa—from Australia Share with a friend Special Edition Reader Mailbag: Show Your Work Two town halls, two very different answers to the same basic question—plus everything you asked me this week. I have a theory about public officials, and it’s not a complicated one: If you want to…
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Best fall hikes in NE Iowa
Plus: Only in Iowa and the photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday and many of us get a three-day weekend coming up (thanks to the workers who fought for it). Get thee to an Iowa Labor Day picnic or parade here. Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s photo, Positively Iowa,…
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They say they’re for workers. Here’s what I found out
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Forget about “tax credit” bills that just help the rich. What have our representatives in Congress done to help workers? Labor Day events, Iowa layoffs, and…
