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Voter Fraud Is Real, But Oops, We Didn’t Mean From Us
Your weekly Iowa news roundup The Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team is in the Final Four tonight! They’ll take on UConn at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN. It’s Friday, Apr. 5, 2024. Hey folks, it’s Amie. Tuesday, April 9, is National Library Workers Day. And, geez louise, PLEASE thank a library worker in Iowa…
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Celebrating the Most Demonized Iowans This Weekend
Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend The Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team continues their NCAA Tournament run tomorrow at 2:30 p.m., when they play No. 5 Colorado in the Sweet Sixteen. Speaking of: Go vote for the Naismith Fan Vote award for Caitlin Clark and coach Lisa Bluder (and ISU coach…
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Activists Promise an Iowa Immigrant Worker Strike
News for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2024. Today at noon, unionized graduate students at the University of Iowa are interrupting the university’s “One Day for Iowa” fundraising push at the Pentacrest. The reason? Ending the fees they call “paying to work.” (petition…
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Can’t Find a Dentist for Your Kids? You’re Not Alone
Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend It’s NCAA Basketball Tournament time: Iowa State and Drake women play today. No. 1 seed Iowa plays tomorrow. It’s Friday, Mar. 22, 2024. Hey folks, it’s Amie, and despite the winter weather roaring back into our state lately, spring is supposedly on its way. And…
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What’s Next for 1,276 Laid Off Tyson Workers?
News for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2024. I’m still closely following the news that 1,276 Iowans will lose their jobs when the Tyson pork processing plant in Perry closes in June. It will be the state’s largest plant closure in a decade,…
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Which Iowa Teams Will Make It?
Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend Too intoxicated for St. Patrick’s Day weekend? Get a free ride home here. It’s Friday, Mar. 15, 2024. Hey folks, it’s Amie, and it’s March Madness time! St. Patrick’s Day is also NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday (both men’s and women’s basketball). So grab a…
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Largest Plant Closure in a Decade Comes to Iowa
News for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2024. 1,276. That’s how many people in and around the central Iowa town of Perry will lose their jobs by the end of June, after Tyson announced Monday it would permanently close its longtime pork processing…
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What Iowans Think About the Union-Busting Bill
And more news for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Jesse Case, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 238, said everything—including strikes—are on the table if that’s what it takes to stop a union-busting bill now in the Iowa Senate. Jesse Case, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local…
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This Iowa Bill Has Union Leaders Mad As Hell
And more news for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Jesse Case with the Teamsters Local 238 union has had ENOUGH. Iowa Republicans have been caving to corporate interests for years. But last week, after yet another bill undermining public workers was introduced…
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Positively Iowa: A Pink Bus Got Them to Hawai’i
And more good news from Iowa! Share with a friend It’s Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Hey folks, it’s Amie, and it’s time for some good news! This week: Fog was no match for the kindness of strangers in the Quad Cities ✈️ The case of the mysterious roll of film 🎞️ Federal money coming…
