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Posted on July 26, 2023 at 5:40 PM by Mike Owen

Riders on RAGBRAI, the annual statewide bicycle ride across Iowa sponsored by The Des Moines Register, are peddling on a...

Posted on July 18, 2023 at 11:58 AM by Sean Finn

By Sean Finn and Samantha Tamborski, Common Good Iowa Overwhelmingly, Iowans desire the freedom to determine if and when they...

Posted on June 14, 2023 at 12:01 AM by Anne Discher

PDF of Iowa data profile PDF of news release Iowa retains high rank on child well-being, but inaccessible, unaffordable child...

Tagged As: child care, Kids Count

Posted on May 22, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Anne Discher

When it comes to assuring preschool for young children, Iowa’s is a story of highs and lows, according to the...

Tagged As: Preschool

Posted on April 3, 2023 at 8:27 PM by Mike Owen

SNAP and Medicaid not only boost low-income families with federal funds, but local and state economies as well. That's one...

Categories: Food security, Health

Tagged As: CHIP, Hawki, Medicaid, SNAP

Posted on March 7, 2023 at 9:02 AM by Anne Discher

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced last month it will no longer conduct a planned 2023 survey...

Categories: Health

Posted on March 3, 2023 at 12:02 PM by Mike Owen

The road is closed, the bridge is out, and tax-cut-obsessed legislators are stepping on the gas. Already, Iowans started the...

Posted on February 17, 2023 at 8:08 PM by Mike Owen

We started putting a spotlight on Iowa’s most lucrative business tax credit over 15 years ago. Big, profitable companies were...

Posted on February 9, 2023 at 12:01 PM by Mike Owen

A new proposal in the Iowa Legislature turns Iowa priorities and values upside down. At a time we are doing...

Posted on February 3, 2023 at 2:44 PM by Amber Gustafson

The Iowa legislature is now discussing bills that say that my LGBTQ kid is “divisive” and anything that would represent...

Tagged As: iowa legislature, LGBTQ+

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