IA: Livable Wages/Working Families
Advocates for Iowans with disabilities push for higher income limits
Iowa lawmakers are being asked to make changes to the income laws for people with disabilities. Disabilities advocates are hold an event at the …
Defensores de discapacitados en Iowa presionan por aumentar límites de ingresos
Se está pidiendo a los legisladores de Iowa que introduzcan cambios en las leyes de ingresos para las personas con discapacidades. Sus …
Labor organizers push back on 'union-busting' bill
Labor organizers are pushing back on a measure in the Iowa Legislature they say is designed to undermine unions. It would create an additional step …
Expanded tax credit would benefit 129,000 Iowa kids
An advocacy group is calling on the U.S. Senate to pass a tax bill to expand the Child Tax Credit for more than 100,000 children in Iowa. It is part …
Planned Parenthood workers file complaint amid stalled negotiations
Planned Parenthood Workers in Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota have filed an Unfair Labor Practices complaint with the National Labor Relations Board as …
Administration invests $7.8 billion in Iowa infrastructure
Progress Iowa has released new information showing how billions of dollars of federal infrastructure investments have made a crucial difference in the…
Young Iowa farmers struggle for a leg up
Today is the deadline for small farmers seeking financial assistance to apply for grants from a farm advocacy organization designed to help them get t…
Senior advocates push back on Alliant utility increase
The Iowa Utilities Board is taking public input this week on a proposed rate hike by one of the state's biggest gas and electric service providers…
Iowa City Starbucks joins growing union movement
Staff at a Starbucks location in downtown Iowa City voted to unionize but so far, no contract talks are scheduled. The workers gathered last month …
Iowans could see student loan fees eliminated in SAVE program
The U.S. Department of Education says more than 4 million Americans have enrolled in the Biden administration's college loan repayment program…
Newton Wheel Assembly Plant Strike Enters Week Six
A strike at the Thombert Manufacturing facility in Newton is entering its sixth week. Workers and company management are trying to come to terms on a …
Private School Tuition Applications Double Expectations
Applications for the state's new private-tuition voucher program are double what lawmakers anticipated. Critics of the plan say it will divert even …