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In-home caregivers and nursing-home workers rallied in Olympia yesterday to show support for lawmakers' budget and call for more revenue in the future. The Washington House and Senate fully fund long-term care in their proposed budgets for 2023 to 2025. The proposals would raise starting wages for in-home caregivers to $21 per hour, and more than $25 for more experienced caregivers. ...
Iowa lawmakers are considering legislation which would require a two-thirds majority vote to increase taxes in the state. Supporters call it a show of accountability, but critics say it is irresponsible and will limit lawmakers' ability to raise revenue in times of critical need. Senate Study Bill 1207 would require a supermajority of both the 100-member House and 50-member Senate to approve a tax increase in Iowa. ...
A few weeks ago I wrote a post concerning “Iowa Nice.” That is the perception that Iowans are by their nature nice people. That is a perception that is getting an update as the nation is astonished by Iowa’s exceptionally hard turn to the extreme right. Today we have sometime contributor Don Paulson…
This month marks 160 years since the first Medal of Honor was awarded by President Abraham Lincoln. More than a dozen of the 65 recipients alive today are in Washington D.C. to discuss a planned Medal of Honor museum in Texas and monument in the nation's capital. ...
Like others across the country, many Missouri families struggle with the cost of child care, and state lawmakers are proposing some relief. Rep. Hannah Kelly, R-Mountain Grove, serves Webster County, where the average child care cost for a family with two young children is more than $12,000 a year a year. ...