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Name an Iowa female athlete besides Caitlin Clark
Plus: Only in Iowa and the photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday, and Mother’s Day is this Sunday. Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s (dog) family photo, Positively Iowa, and news you can use. Unleaded gas is $4.44 in Ottumwa. Where is it where you’re at? Reply and tell…
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Iowa’s workforce is shrinking—see how much since 2010
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here; welcome to Thursday’s Almanac. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Iowa and other rural areas lost a ton of working-age folks just in the last 15 years; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and labor news; Are you misclassified as a contractor?…
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80% of Iowans agree, so of course they do THIS
Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. This week is National Week of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives. You can also help the family of an Iowa City man from Bolivia who is about to be deported to a war-torn country he knows nothing about. In this…
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Des Moines billboard asks: ‘Having doubts?’
Plus: Only in Iowa and the photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday and May Day. Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s photo, Positively Iowa, and news you can use: This is cool: See your name in Landsat, or satellite photos of Earth from space. Are you a college student in…
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Could this help small Iowa farmers thrive?
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac. Don’t forget to call in sick tomorrow. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Luther College student goes to World Bank with big ideas on helping small farmers; Upcoming Iowa layoffs; Iowa labor news briefs; Where are those…
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May Day rallies, Workers Memorial Day events + more
Plus: Viral post and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. Busy week for protests and rallies—there’s Workers Memorial Day events happening, plus May Day rallies and strikes and teacher walk-ins and walkouts! In this issue: Candidate events and protests, this week’s viral post, and reader soundoff. Amie Rivers Newsletter Editor, Iowa Starting…
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Viral Iowa restaurants worthy of their rep
Plus: Only in Iowa and the photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday! Today I learned George Foreman’s family buried him in Iowa, despite him not having much connection to the state. Here’s why. We have a new website as of yesterday, and I’m reporting as many issues as I can…
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‘I’m done.’ Des Moines worker moving to Germany
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here with a quick correction: I had the wrong link for Workers Memorial Day events around Iowa on April 28! Here’s the correct one, and I’ve also changed it on our website. (Thanks to reader Caroline L. for catching that!) If break…
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On 4/20, Rob Sand dropped his legal weed plan
Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. Happy National Library Week, put on by that extremist group *checks notes* the American Library Association. As always, send me reviews of the books you’ve read recently! Tomorrow is also Earth Day, always a good day to pick up some trash, plant a tree,…
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🌱 4/20 deals in Iowa’s border states
Plus: Only in Iowa & the cutest pet photo! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday. Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s pet photo, Positively Iowa, and news you can use. Which Iowa restaurant makes the best breaded tenderloin? Vote here. My favorite way to find new Iowa artists and bands is the annual Tiny…
