Advancing opportunity for every Iowan through bold public policy, sustained advocacy and solid research. Formerly the Iowa Policy Project & @childfampolicy.
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Common Good Iowa retweeted
23 Jul 2024
Less than 200 signatures to go! Help us meet and exceed the goal for Iowa's Summer EBT petition!
22 Jul 2024
SUN Bucks — FKA as Summer EBT — would help 245,000 Iowa children avoid hunger during the summer when school meals aren't available. Iowa didn't participate in Summer EBT in '24, but a spokesperson told KCCI-TV the state hasn’t decided about 2025.
iowahungercoalition.org/summ…
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23 Jul 2024
Let’s exceed! We know feeding kids is popular — let’s show it!
23 Jul 2024
Less than 200 signatures to go! Help us meet and exceed the goal for Iowa's Summer EBT petition!
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22 Jul 2024
SUN Bucks — FKA as Summer EBT — would help 245,000 Iowa children avoid hunger during the summer when school meals aren't available. Iowa didn't participate in Summer EBT in '24, but a spokesperson told KCCI-TV the state hasn’t decided about 2025.
iowahungercoalition.org/summ…
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Common Good Iowa retweeted
18 Jul 2024
👀 "The Iowa Department of Education and Iowa HHS are currently evaluating the federal 2025 Summer EBT program. A decision has not been made at this time."
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18 Jul 2024
Interesting and welcome development noted by State Rep. Chuck Isenhart. Iowans should be raising questions about the state's lucrative research tax credit, which subsidizes huge companies that don't need taxpayer help -- as Common Good Iowa shows here: commongoodiowa.org/blog/2024…
18 Jul 2024
In light of recent layoffs, people have asked about the state research tax credit subsidy that some employers are receiving, presumably to help maintain and increase employment. Here is the 2023 report on the program. revenue.iowa.gov/media/3844/
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Common Good Iowa retweeted
9 Jul 2024
65% of the more than 1.6 million uninsured adults in the coverage gap are people of color, reflecting ethnic and racial disparities in health coverage — Congress should prioritize closing the coverage gap. cbpp.org/research/health/clo…
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25 Apr 2024
The Governor rejected it for '24 and the #IAlegis failed to ensure Iowa participates in '25. But #SummerEBT is still a smart choice, and we need to keep pushing for it. Here's a quick summary of the differences between Summer EBT and the Gov's far less helpful proposal.
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Common Good Iowa retweeted
21 Apr 2024
Understand the point Todd is making, but current legislative salaries do discourage many people from running for office. If you want more lawmakers who are not independently wealthy, retired, or farmers, it's important to make it feasible for working-age people with kids.
21 Apr 2024
No worries. Unlike kids, Iowa lawmakers won't go hungry
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Common Good Iowa retweeted
21 Apr 2024
I’m feeling more indignant than rational after watching this Republican-controlled Statehouse regime operate, too often with contempt, callousness and cruelty toward its fellow Iowans. thegazette.com/staff-columni…
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10 Apr 2024
Notable that the 2/3 supermajority proposal passed the Iowa Senate with 31 votes -- 3 short of 2/3. Using simple majority to demand a supermajority. It's a shameless attack on democracy in Iowa.
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10 Apr 2024
Confronting Senate hyperbole IV: However one defines "rich," official state analysis shows high incomes mean big breaks with income-tax cuts, while those at the bottom get little if anything. Half goes to the top 5% from the 2022 cuts. The Gov's plan gives 1/3 to the top 5%.
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10 Apr 2024
Confronting Senate hyperbole III: One has to wonder why some legislators are so afraid of the people making the decisions they need to make without an ultraminority veto by 17 senators or 34 representatives.
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10 Apr 2024
Confronting Senate hyperbole II: Paying taxes is necessary to meet our responsibilities. Taking future voting power away from the people and the legislators they elect could be properly called "theft." Get it right.
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10 Apr 2024
Confronting Senate hyperbole I: Why are tax-cutters so insecure in their beliefs that they feel a need to stack the deck to keep them in law after they're gone?
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10 Apr 2024
Clarifying things for Iowa senators: Trusting voters means one election is not meant to dictate choices in others. The proposed 2/3 supermajority proposal is antidemocratic, and a cynical power grab that will prevent future voters and legislators from correcting tax-cut mistakes.
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8 Apr 2024
CGI's Mike Owen will be on IPR's River to River this hour to talk about problematic tax bills at the #IAlegis. Right now, a look at Illinois' flat tax. Worth noting, and not coincidently, Illinois has the 8th most regressive tax system in the nation. @iteptweets
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