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Dem leader on decision by Republicans to resume session

5 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, News releases, Official

We hope the focus of the reconvened Legislature will be to complete a balanced state budget and provide necessary oversight of the Executive Branch’s actions during this pandemic.

Celsi: More testing, oversight needed

5 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Issues, Official, Opinion, Transparency & accountability

So far, TestIowa has not delivered on its contractual promise to test at least 5,000 people per day. Sen. Celsi is calling for expanded testing in cooperation with other entities.

SURVEY: Coronavirus Impact

5 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Official

How has the coronavirus pandemic impacted you? Your experience can help guide the focus when the Legislature resumes the 2020 session.

TAKE SURVEY

Hogg: Virus spreading faster in open counties

5 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Issues, Official, Opinion, Safer communities

For 11 days in a row, COVID-19 cases have increased faster in the 77 counties where Gov. Reynolds loosened restrictions than in the rest of Iowa.

Boulton: Workers’ compensation should cover coronavirus

5 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Health care, Issues, Official, Opinion, Working families

More than 100 years ago, Upton Sinclair chronicled the misery and abuse of American workers in the meatpacking industry, describing them as “centers of contagion, poisoning the lives of all of us.” Today, we are witnessing a new chapter in the life and deaths of meatpacking workers and other essential workers through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Smith: Making Tyson safe for workers must be first priority

5 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Issues, Official, Opinion, Safer communities, Working families

The failure by bad actors in the meatpacking industry has imposed heavy costs on Iowans. Independent, ongoing health and safety reforms are essential to recovering from this economic and health care disaster.

Dem leaders: Take precautions when re-opening state Capitol

5 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Issues, Official, Safer communities

Democratic leaders in the House and Senate have submitted recommendations for how to safely re-open the Capitol when the Legislature resumes the 2020 session.

Hogg: Don’t deny unemployment to workers

5 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Issues, News releases, Official, Safer communities, Working families

After prematurely re-opening 77 counties, the Governor says Iowans who don’t go into work — out of fear for themselves or a vulnerable person in their family contracting COVID19 — will lose their unemployment benefits.

Petersen: Not time to randomly open segments of economy

5 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Issues, Official, Opinion, Safer communities

Iowa is experiencing staggering daily infections, record-high deaths, and it has yet to hit its peak. This is not the time to try to make people happy by randomly reopening segments of the economy like crowded farmers markets.

Boulton: Corrections workers need support

5 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Issues, Official, Opinion, Safer communities

With the dramatic increase in positive cases at the prison (IMCC) at Coralville, it is obvious that the State of Iowa has not done enough to protect Iowa’s public servants who are working the front lines during this public health disaster.

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