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  • Iowa farms pay the price for Trump-Musk USDA cuts

    March 12, 2025

    Federal cuts are coming home to roost on Iowa farms. More than $11 million in funding that the USDA promised to Iowa’s local food system spoiled overnight, leaving farmers facing even greater unpredictability. Seeds are sprouting in greenhouses. Meat processing dates are locked in at local lockers. Iowa farmers have been planning all winter for…

    Iowa farms pay the price for Trump-Musk USDA cuts
  • Fox News seems to think it’s all white people getting laid off in Perry plant closure

    March 21, 2024

    Fox News Host Jesse Watters was irate when he found out about Tyson Foods closing its pork plant in Perry. Not because 1,276 people were losing their jobs, but because he seemed to think that white people were losing their jobs to be replaced by undocumented migrants. In a recent segment on his show, Watters…

    Fox News seems to think it’s all white people getting laid off in Perry plant closure
  • Opinion: The biggest factor the polls aren’t showing: People.

    November 1, 2024

    The biggest factor the polls aren’t showing is people. People volunteering. People talking with people. People rising. And, importantly, people who care deeply about real issues that lower costs for families and boost the economy – and importantly, people who also want less vitriol, racism, misogyny, and hate.

    Opinion: The biggest factor the polls aren’t showing: People.
  • Clara Reynen wants to AI-proof Iowa City

    October 20, 2025

    The Iowa City City Council candidate wants to bring her library background into city government.  When Clara Reynen turned 18, she asked her parents if it would be OK for her to skip school that day because she had something important she wanted to do: Register to vote. “So there’s this great picture of me…

    Clara Reynen wants to AI-proof Iowa City
  • Largest Plant Closure in a Decade Comes to Iowa

    March 13, 2024

    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…

    Largest Plant Closure in a Decade Comes to Iowa
  • 1,276 people to lose jobs when Tyson plant in Perry closes in June

    March 12, 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 plant there. That’s a HUGE number of workers (and the largest employer in Perry): It’s more than 12% of Tyson’s…

    1,276 people to lose jobs when Tyson plant in Perry closes in June
  • We’re Just Not Feeding Iowa Kids Now?

    January 3, 2024

    And more working news you can use Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Hey folks, it’s Amie. Happy New Year!   At a time when folks’ pocketbooks are pressed and national health insurance signups are at record highs (enroll now through Jan. 16!), at least we…

    We’re Just Not Feeding Iowa Kids Now?
  • Iowa City Unionized Starbucks Workers ‘Strike With Pride’

    June 30, 2023

    Iowa City Starbucks workers and community members gathered for a one-day strike on Friday, joining over 3,000 workers in more than 150 stores across the country.

    Iowa City Unionized Starbucks Workers ‘Strike With Pride’
  • Child Worker Sues After Terrible Accident

    December 13, 2023

    And more working news you can use Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Hey folks, it’s Amie.   Iowa Republicans assured us, when they passed a law opening up more kinds of dangerous work for Iowa children, that it was Actually A Good Thing. Kids would…

    Child Worker Sues After Terrible Accident
  • Iowa Guard soldier killed in Syria was Meskwaki police chief’s son

    December 15, 2025

    The Meskwaki Nation police chief has identified his son as one of the two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria Saturday.

    Iowa Guard soldier killed in Syria was Meskwaki police chief’s son
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