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MARK MORAN Iowa News Connection
Health care
Average Iowans face losing health insurance
More than 110,000 Iowans stand to lose health insurance or pay sharply higher premiums if Congress elects not to extend tax cuts that currently make coverage more affordable.House members have said ...
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Environment
Iowa environmental researchers push back on clean water claims
The Iowa Farm Bureau has released a statement claiming that the state’s waterways are becoming cleaner, despite evidence that nitrates and phosphates are higher than ever. The chemicals are ...
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Economy
Tariffs trickle down to Iowa consumers
Trump administration tariffs designed to level the economic playing field are hitting average Iowans. Some are unable to afford basic necessities because prices have spiked. The tariffs have ...
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Economy
Government jobs restart slowly in Iowa
After a record-long, 43-day shutdown, the federal government is slowly coming back online. But workers in Iowa will slowly return to their jobs. Iowa AFL-CIO President Charlie Wishman said many ...
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Economy
Shutdown could eliminate Iowa child nutrition assistance
A new report from a prominent food and environmental advocacy group reveals that at least one in four Iowa children under the age of five and their families are at risk of losing critical nutrition ...
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Economy
Proposed SNAP cuts threaten Iowa families, food banks
Congress is debating a budget bill that could result in significant cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Those reductions would not only fall squarely on Iowa’s most ...
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Iowa
Cancer ‘Gag Act’ sputters in Iowa, federal push continues
Groups advocating for clean, safe water are pushing back on proposals to revive a pesticide labeling law introduced last year in Congress which would give chemical companies legal immunity from ...
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Child care
SNAP benefit cuts would fall squarely on Iowa kids
Groups working to fight hunger in Iowa say proposed cuts to SNAP benefits would fall squarely on the state’s kids, who rely on them for food and other needs. State lawmakers are considering a ...
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Democracy
Iowa town halls find ’empty chairs’
Overflow crowds are showing up at town hall meetings in Iowa, which had been planned to allow people to ask questions of their congressional representatives. But the lawmakers are not showing up. ...
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Courts
Court ban latest chapter in Iowa’s quest to tighten immigration laws
It’s been about a month since a federal judge upheld a court ruling that blocks an Iowa immigration bill from taking effect. It’s the latest action in an ongoing effort by the state of ...
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