IA: Budget Policy & Priorities
IA advocates for immigrants push back on Texas-style deportation bill
Advocates for immigrants are pushing back on a bill signed by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in the last few days of the legislative session, modeled on a …
IA cuts historical rural school groups
Educators and public school advocates are pushing back on a measure which would consolidate state-funded services that have been an important part of …
FTC chair in Iowa to hear fertilizer antitrust concerns
The chair of the Federal Trade Commission will be in rural Iowa this weekend to hear from farmers and other residents about the proposed sale of Iowa …
Iowa lawmakers dismiss private school voucher ethics complaint
An ethics committee in the Republican-led Iowa House has dismissed a complaint filed by a group of community activists against a state lawmaker for hi…
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 …
IA group offers successful messaging as national blueprint
An Iowa advocacy group has won a high-profile award from the Analyst Institute, which measures how well a group's message reaches citizens. …
Report shows Iowa kids of color fare worse than white peers
A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation found while children of color in Iowa fare slightly better than their white peers nationally…
Physicians' group says voting benefits health, democracy
Voting is not only good for democracy - it's also good for your health, according to one of the nation's largest medical associations. The American …
Iowans with disabilities ask lawmakers to protect special-ed funding
The Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council has a wish list for the new legislative session. The group has just released its public-policy agenda…
Discapacitados de Iowa piden a legisladores proteger financiación de educación especial
El Consejo de Discapacidades del Desarrollo de Iowa tiene una lista de deseos para la nueva sesión legislativa. El grupo acaba de publicar su …
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…
Rural groups push for environmental protections in next Farm Bill
Even though the current Farm Bill has been extended for a year, rural advocates are speaking up about protecting independent and family farms when …