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Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, Sister Simone Campbell of Nuns on the Bus to speak at annual Progress Iowa Holiday Party
Click here to purchase tickets and RSVP for the Dec. 20 event! Missouri Secretary of State and recent U.S. Senate candidate Jason Kander will speak at Progress Iowa’s annual Holiday…
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Iowa Republican Leadership Risk Same Economic Disaster That Hit Kansas And Wisconsin
Extreme ALEC Agenda Coming To Iowa With Linda Upmeyer, Bill Dix and Terry Branstad Running Statehouse Following the 2016 election results, Republicans with deep links to the extreme right-wing ALEC…
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Equal Pay Can’t Wait. Hardworking Women Deserve Better.
On #EqualPayDay 2016, Progress Iowa calls on lawmakers to make equal pay a priority and increase salary transparency in the workplace. Hardworking women across Iowa and the entire country deserve…
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‘Raise the Wage Wednesday’ launches, encouraging shoppers to support local businesses who favor raising the minimum wage
Shoppers, business owners encouraged to submit suggestions for shopping list at RaisetheWageIowa.com A statewide coalition of small businesses, community leaders, labor and faith organizations will launch ‘Raise the Wage Wednesday’…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders to deliver featured address at 2014 Progress Iowa Holiday Party
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) will deliver the featured address at the 2014 Progress Iowa Holiday Party on Tuesday, December 16th at 6:00 pm at the Meadows Events and Conference Center…
Read MoreProgress Iowa Releases New Halloween Ad, Criticizing Joni Ernst’s ‘Scary’ Positions
Progress Iowa today released an online advertisement, ‘Scary’. The ad is a mock-infomercial selling Senator Joni Ernst Masks as the ‘scariest costume in Iowa’. The ad continues to describe the…
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Gov. Branstad breaks promise to Iowans, falls 120,000 jobs short of job creation goal
Governor Branstad has fallen 120,000 jobs short of his promise to create 200,000 jobs in Iowa, according to data released today by Iowa Workforce Development (IWD). IWD figures show that total nonfarm…
Read MoreJoni Ernst’s Role in Sexual Harassment Suit Raises Questions About Her Leadership, Priorities
A lawsuit filed today by a former Iowa Republican Senate caucus employee alleges she was fired last year after she repeatedly complained of sexual harassment by her male colleagues against…
Read MoreStatewide Coalition to Challenge Elected Officials to Live on Minimum Wage for One Week
State Senators Joe Bolkcom, Rob Hogg, and Tom Courtney have accepted the challenge The Raise the Wage Iowa Coalition today will call on elected officials to live on the minimum…
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