Two recent reports highlight Iowa’s success in extending health insurance coverage to children.
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Iowa leads the way to kids’ health coverage
January 23, 2012Case is compelling to reform TIF
January 19, 2012Another public TIF reform meeting is scheduled Saturday, Jan. 21, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Johnson County Health and Human Services Building, 855 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City.
The need for TIF reform
January 12, 2012Economic development types have become addicted to the idea that they can use TIF to do many things without regard to the impacts on neighbors or even the real purpose of TIF.
Quality of life — the path to good jobs and schools
January 11, 2012A whopping 63 percent of Iowans voted in 2010 for a constitutional amendment that would dedicate funding to improve Iowa’s waters and land. Now, that is a mandate.
TIF public forum draws out facts, and people
January 6, 2012Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, and Rep. Tom Sands, R-Wapello, hosted the Coralville forum about an issue growing in attention following the release of Peter Fisher’s report for the Iowa Fiscal Partnership.
Expanding kids’ coverage pays dividends
December 29, 2011Iowa is one of 23 states receiving a children’s health program bonus for its performance in 2011.
Iowa is not an island; jobless vote carries important impacts
December 13, 2011Jobs are at stake, right here in Iowa, with the vote in the House today.
Thanksgiving thoughts on hunger
November 22, 2011As we discuss and debate our fiscal future, proposals should be weighed by their effects on people, not with how well the line up with some ideological ideal.
One more data point in the public employee compensation debate
October 21, 2011Public-sector workers provide services on which we all rely. If anything, they are undercompensated relative to similarly educated private-sector workers.
Health reform stakeholders should be careful what they wish for
October 18, 2011Tweet Two thoughts as the 2012 legislative session nears: What is worth your time and attention? And, be careful what you wish for. Both are vital reminders for all of us in our increasingly busy world. But as Iowa lawmakers again consider proposals for the competitive health insurance marketplace, or health insurance exchange, these reminders [...]
