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Now emerging for Iowa lawmakers: taxes, child care aid, state budget
With the first legislative deadline passed, Iowa legislators’ focus will shift to include more tax and fiscal policy ...
Bills To Loosen The Grip Of Special Interests Are Still Alive — So Far
For example, in state Senate District 1, a fully eligible candidate who faced competitive primary and general election ...
Trump-district Democrats face risky vote on GOP spending bill
House Democrats in districts carried by President Trump are confronting a potentially risky vote next week when GOP leaders are expected to put their partisan government funding bill on the floor.
With morale ‘in the sub-basement,’ government shutdown could add insult to injury for federal workers
Things could get worse for the already-battered federal workforce if Congress fails to pass a spending bill by March 14.
Connecticut’s senator leading national resistance against Trump: ‘We’ve got to flood the zone’
Chris Murphy is everywhere. Turn on CNN with Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper, and he is there. The Sunday morning political talk ...
The 10 Democrats who voted to censure Rep. Al Green are misreading the moment
Not every act of defiance against Trump needs to take into account what a swing voter in Wisconsin is going to think on ...
Former state representative and Putnam’s longest-serving mayor dies at 87
State officials are mourning the death of former state Rep. Danny Rovero, a colorful legislator who spoke his mind and often ...
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits need changing
By the 1980s, nutrition education grants were added to the program. In 1992, as diet concerns continued to grow, some states ...
Could Sherrod Brown be a 2026 Ohio electoral wild card? Thomas Suddes
If a Sherrod Brown governorship campaign were to emerge, that would create a vexing dilemma for Ohio’s Democratic ...
Ohio’s property tax crisis: How we got here and how some lawmakers propose to fix it
Ohio’s lawmakers want to solve the sting of rising property taxes without gutting funding for schools and local services.
Will Brown run for Ohio governor? Doesn’t sound like he’s ready for rocking chair. |Opinion
Doesn’t seem like former Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown is ready to sip iced tea in the rocking chair of a retirement home’s sun ...
Progressive activists have an agenda for resisting Trump. Will Democrats follow it?
After being shocked by President Donald Trump's flurry of activity to slash and burn the federal government, progressive activists have a new strategy for fighting back: protesting congressional ...