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  • 🪿 Iowan Wants to Keep Emotional Support Goose

    Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend It’s Friday, May 17, 2024. 🐶 If you have the time and space, the Animal Rescue League is seeing a puppy surge (130+ more than this time last year), and they’re in need of folks who can foster or adopt them. (Little Village)   My dog…


  • ⚖️ Immigrant Groups Warned This Was Coming

    News for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker.   It’s Wednesday, May 15, 2024. After immigrants and their allies held marches and vigils in four Iowa cities to protest SF 2340, a few promised lawsuits were coming.   Now, they’re here.   The first lawsuit was filed May 9…


  • 🧑‍🏫 Hey Iowa Teachers: What Makes Your Job Harder?

    Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend It’s Friday, May 10, 2024. 🛟 When life gives you potholes, Iowans just make swimming pools.   🏀 Plus: The WNBA regular season kicks off tonight. Will you be watching? (I will!) Tell us which team(s) you’ll be cheering on. Amie Rivers Community Editor, Iowa Starting…


  • 👀 Another Iowa Starbucks Unionizing

    News for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker.   Happy National Teacher Appreciation Week and National Nurses Week! It’s Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Recent-immigrant Iowans worried, upset, and angry with a new law held vigils in four Iowa cities last week.   Big crowds came out to Davenport, Des…


  • Iowa Immigrants Rallied Against This New Law

    Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend Fraud of those 60 and older has gone up 14%, per a new report. Among that age group, 674 Iowans lost more than $16.4 million in 2023. I’m collecting your fraud experiences for an upcoming story; email me! It’s Friday, May 3, 2024.   Hey folks,…


  • 4 Iowa Vigils for International Workers’ Day

    News for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Happy May Day, aka, International Workers’ Day! (Read about why the US government doesn’t want to recognize it.)   If you want to show solidarity for your fellow workers—especially immigrant Iowans working in some of the…


  • Why Iowa Teachers Could Soon Have Guns (And What to Know)

    Your weekly Iowa news roundup Caitlin Clark is officially on the Indiana Fever…aaaand her jersey already sold out. Too bad we can’t yet get the jersey of fellow Hawkeye star and surprise WNBA draftee Kate Martin yet! It’s Friday, Apr. 19, 2024.   Hey folks, it’s Amie, and I got my first tulips this week—so…


  • Who Here Is In a Union?

    News for working Iowans The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2024. It’s spring! Summer, maybe, with the temperatures last weekend?   In any case, spring always (because I’m a masochist I guess) makes me think of spring cleaning, renewal, and reaffirmation of what I’m doing and why.   So: I’m extending…


  • Tiptoe Through the Iowa Tulips 🌷

    Your weekly Iowa news roundup Iowa Hawkeye star Caitlin Clark may not have been able to win a national championship. But don’t be sad it’s over; smile because the WNBA draft is happening on Monday! It’s Friday, Apr. 12, 2024.   Hey folks, it’s Amie, and shh, I think it might finally be spring! Photo…


  • War On Workers Is Over (If You Want It)

    News for working Iowans The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2024. Democrats may be in the minority in the Iowa Legislature, but that doesn’t mean they’re not still trying to pass meaningful legislation to help Iowa’s workers.   This year, that includes an Iowa House proposal to amend the Iowa Constitution…