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Three of Iowa's four congressional seats — which Democrats held as recently as 2020 — are still winnable, Iowa Democrats say, but the party doesn’t have candidates for two of them thus far.

Congress will be racing to pass a plan to keep the government funded when it returns to Washington this month.

A tight labor market with steady growth and historically low unemployment - those are the findings in the new "State of Working Pennsylvania" report. In July, Pennsylvanias unemployment rate was 3.5%, compared with 4.3% a year ago. Report co-author Stephen Herzenberg, an economist and executive director of the Keystone Research Center, said the strong economy should benefit workers even more looking forward. ...

The funding gap between the states poorest and wealthiest school districts is widening, with potentially dire consequences for students and communities, according to new data from the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy. Jason Bailey, executive director of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy explains year after year, state budgets passed by lawmakers have eroded the amount of money that goes into the formula to help equalize school funding. He added now, the gap between rich and poor schoo...

A new report analyzes salary data and the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has on the workforce of child-welfare, juvenile-justice and childrens mental and behavioral health organizations across Pennsylvania. The report provides an overview of the industrys compensation structure from entry-level positions through executive positions. Abigail Wilson, director of child welfare, juvenile-justice and education services for the Pennsylvania Council of Children, Youth and Family Services explained her g...

Iowa-03 Groceries (30 seconds) https://youtu.be/H8YnEdCcJvk FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 17, 2023CONTACTMatt Sinovicmatt@progressiowa.org | (515) 423-0133 Fairness for Iowa Launches Ad Campaign To Hold Rep. Nunn Accountable Fairness for Iowa’s first ad, ‘Groceries’, kicks off seven figure advertising effort Des Moines, Iowa -- Fairness for Iowa released a new TV ad this week, to hold Congressman Zach…

(KMAland) -- Progress Iowa has launched a website, allowing people to track federal money spent on critical projects in the state.

Progress Iowa has launched a website, allowing people to track federal money spent on critical projects in the state. The group aims to make it easier to search for this information in one place. Matt Sinovic, executive director of the group, said the first-of-its-kind resource, IowaAtWork.com, allows Iowans to see online exactly where federal tax dollars are being spent in their state. ...

The site is intended to make the effects of Democratic-led federal investments clear to Iowans.

The website tallies 918 projects worth $9.3 billion along the 500-mile RAGBRAI route, from legislation like the American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act.