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A Heist in Plain Sight: Wage Theft in Iowa Common Good Iowa

WEBWage theft is an insidious and growing problem in Iowa. Each year, employers rob workers of over $900 million in legally owed but unpaid wages, harming …

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WEBWhy slashing income taxes is wrong for Iowa. Would you gut schools, health care and clean water to pay for income-tax cuts skewed to the rich? New plans would …

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Cost of Living in Iowa 2022 -- County data Common Good Iowa

WEBThe Cost of Living in Iowa 2022 | Interactive data. The Cost of Living in Iowa highlights the gap between what many Iowa households earn and what it takes to get by. Here you …

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About Common Good Iowa

WEBCommon Good Iowa is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization built on a collective 50 years of experience of two respected Iowa organizations — the Child and Family Policy Center …

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The Cost of Living in Iowa 2022

WEBof premiums, and plan benefits are also 60 percent of total health costs, then total health costs are 1.33 times premiums (again, actuarially on average).9 We then use this …

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Data Common Good Iowa

WEBCommon Good Iowa builds on the Child and Family Policy Center and Iowa Policy Project's collective tradition of sound research and data. Data is integral to all our work, but you …

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Iowa HHS abandons critical adolescent mental health data …

WEBThe Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced last month it will no longer conduct a planned 2023 survey on adolescent health in Iowa. In the midst …

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Cost of Living in Iowa Data and methodology Common Good Iowa

WEBThe eighth edition of The Cost of Living [FPS1] in Iowa was released in March, 2022. The report focuses on basic family budgets for 10 family types, and the living wage for each …

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Mental health funding: Fool me once … Blog Common Good Iowa

WEBAmong several tax elements, Senate File 587, the tax bill passed by Iowa Senate on a party-line vote earlier this week, would dramatically change how our state’s …

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Cost of Living in Iowa policy agenda Common Good Iowa

WEBChild and Dependent Care Credit to help families cover the costs of care. Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for low-paid working adults not raising children in the home. Iowa. …

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Why tax cuts won’t change seniors’ decisions to move or stay

WEBAs a result, the net outmigration of the elderly from Iowa has averaged fewer than 400 people per year, only two-tenths of 1% of the senior population. Tax exemption …

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April 2022 The Cost of Living in Iowa 2022

WEBNet resources $24,043 $41,759 $64,235 $41,092 Family supporting hourly wage $13.84 $21.16 $16.11 $11.49. * One child age 2 or 3 requiring full-time year-round child care ** …

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Danger ahead: Gutting education, health and safety with tax cuts

WEBDanger ahead: Gutting education, health and safety with tax cuts. The road is closed, the bridge is out, and tax-cut-obsessed legislators are stepping on the gas. …

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Time to tackle the real problems facing Iowa Blog Common …

WEBBeyond the basic funding issues, Iowa faces: — A continuing problem of access to quality child care for many working households. — Low economic security, …

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The Cost of Living in Iowa, 2023 Edition: Basic Family Budgets

WEBThe Cost of Living in Iowa, 2023 Edition: Basic Family Budgets Iowa County 1 child 2 children Young Older 1 child 2 children 3 children 1 child 2 children

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Kids Count: Iowa 6th in child well-being, but child care a challenge

WEBIowa ranks 6th among the states in child well-being, according to the 2023 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, a 50-state report of recent household data developed by the …

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Policy priority: Increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour

WEBFebruary 2021 Policy priority: Increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour Move would boost the incomes of 30 percent of Iowa workers Several national retailers have been in …

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Iowa Youth Risk Behavior Survey: 2021 Findings

WEB1 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services | Iowa Youth Risk Behavior Survey: 2021 Findings Citation & Acknowledgements Permission is granted for the use and …

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