WATCH: Iowa to deliver SNAP recipient data to the federal government
Rich people surveilling poor people for... being poor. Right.
May
2025
27
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May
2025
27
WATCH: Iowa workers win back pensions
Meatpacking workers at JBS plants across the country, including two in Iowa, just ratified a first-ever national contract across all plants. And they got their pensions back for the first time in nearly 40 years.
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May
2025
25
WATCH: Who is the “Big Beautiful Bill” for?
We're wading through this tax bill. And it's not looking good.
May
2025
24
WATCH: Iowa legislator’s ‘bullying tactics and threats’
*shade sound from Drag Race*
May
2025
23
Report: House Republicans’ tax bill heavily favors wealthy Americans
Analysis shows the richest 1% would receive $121 billion in tax cuts while the poorest fifth see only 1% of the benefit. Republicans in the US House of Representatives spent the week before...
May
2025
23
WATCH: A door to unwinding Medicaid expansion in Iowa
Federal and state budgets are connected. When fewer Medicaid dollars flow to the states, those cuts have to be made somewhere.
May
2025
23
WATCH: What’s wrong with the coverage of the Caitlin Clark/Angel Reese “rivalry”
The Clark-Reese rivalry is getting played up in the media, but is it good for the game? The players? The fans? Angel and Caitlin themselves?
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May
2025
22
WATCH: What you need to know about the US House reconciliation bill
Real efficient government (for rich people)
May
2025
22
WATCH: How US House Republicans’ Medicaid cuts will impact Iowans
US House Republicans are pushing for major Medicaid cuts. Anne Discher, executive director of Common Good Iowa, explains how that will impact Iowa.
May
2025
22
WATCH: How Medicaid cuts impact states
There are only so many ways that states like Iowa can deal with House Republicans' proposed cuts to Medicaid: decrease service or the number of people served.
