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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Iowa attorney general resumes funding of Plan B for rape victims, but not abortions • Iowa Capital Dispatch
The Iowa Attorney General's office will reinstate payments for emergency contraceptives but not abortions for rape victims.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Iowa AG Stops Paying For Portions Of Rape Victims' Health Care
The office of Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird (R) announced Friday that Iowa will no longer pay for emergency contraception—morning-after pills—or abortions
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In Iowa, victims of rape have to pay for their own abortions. This wasn’t always the case, but AG Brenna Bird changed the rules in 2023.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Vote “NO” on Amendment 1 if you’d rather raise corporate taxes instead of sales taxes, property taxes or the fuel tax! voteNOiowa.info
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Even FOX NEWS is condemning Trump's White House press ban. If his own allies are this alarmed by his behavior, the rest of us should be, too.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Even FOX NEWS is condemning Trump's White House press ban. If his own allies are this alarmed by his behavior, the rest of us should be, too. www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is the GOP's choice: corporate profits over Iowa kids. iowastartingline.com/news/labor/i...
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Iowa's child labor problem 10 times worse than national rate: News for workers, Sept. 17, 2026
Our state had 10 times the rate of child labor law violations compared to the US as a whole in 2025, according to Common Good Iowa's Sean Finn—and businesses are rarely penalized for it.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We couldn’t let Senator Grassley’s birthday pass without this gift! (Answer revealed in the next post.)
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sorry AG Bird, taking over $100k from polluters and siding with pesticide manufacturers is outrageous… #Emmys
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As Trump makes more promises he can break this week, let’s remember this is also the guy who said he’d bring down prices on day one. How’s that going now?
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Reminder: Rep. Ashley Hinson has taken over $64k from Big Oil. They got record profits. We got record diesel prices. #Iowa
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Where’s Nunn?! 👀👀 www.crestonnews.com/article/930,...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Uh oh, Joe Mitchell’s feeling the heat after gaslighting us at the state fair. 👀 iowaindependentnews.com/elections/jo...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Corporations have spent decades rigging the rules against Iowa workers who want to form unions. It's time to flip the script. We're pushing to make September Labor Union Appreciation Month because our lawmakers should stand with us, not corporations. Join us: thankaunion.com
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Rep. Miller-Meeks announced her telephone "town hall" this morning. Same day. Screened questions. Looks like the representative will only take accountability when hell freezes over…
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚨🚨🚨 Rep. Hinson’s husband arranged a private meeting for his insurance lobbying group with ALL FOUR OF IOWA’S REPRESENTATIVES. Meanwhile, Iowans have to beg and still don’t see their lawmakers, who often hide from accountability.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
While you fish for clout in St. Marys, Iowa's up to 17 measles cases (double last year). Hope the “MAHA superstar” discussed how RFK Jr.'s anti-vax crusade is actively hurting our state.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
👀👀👀 #IowaStateFair
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
TOMORROW NIGHT: Learn to can. Feed your neighbors. Iowans are coming together to preserve food for families across three counties, because when Congress cuts SNAP, we look out for each other. RSVP to join the Des Moines event here: www.mobilize.us/progressiowa...
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PRESERVE OUR PEOPLE: Learn to Can. Feed the Future. · Progress Iowa
SNAP cuts by Iowa’s Congressional delegation are making it tougher for people to flourish. In the face of these harsh cuts, we will respond as a community: Learn the food preservation technique of wat...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
CAUGHT: Rep. Ashley Hinson lying about the Medicaid cuts she voted for. Unfortunately for her, Iowans aren’t falling for it as clinics close across our state.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Big Oil is raking in record profits from the Iran war. So when Rep. Hinson votes SIX TIMES against limiting U.S. military involvement in Iran, while pocketing $60k in donations from Big Oil (with 1/3 of it coming AFTER the war began) yeah, we have questions… heartlandsignal.com/2026/08/07/r...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Deep gratitude to Rusty Martin for sharing his story so honestly. It has been a privilege for our staff to collaborate with Rusty through the years, and this call for death with dignity in Iowa is just one more example of the service he has always shown. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinio...
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I’m deciding to die before Alzheimer’s takes my mind | Opinion
Rusty Martin of Des Moines is leaving for Switzerland in a few days to die. He wrote to explain how he came to this choice.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Just something to think about while seeing recall after recall… www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
WE paid more at checkout. Corporations got the refund check. Make it make sense. www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/e...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Feeling like Odysseus dealing with these epic trials under Trump… www.cbsnews.com/news/gas-pri...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Reynolds wants a 99-county farewell tour to talk about her legacy. Sure. Here's the legacy, Governor: gutted public schools, a near-total abortion ban, kids kicked off food assistance, and dirty water. Iowans don't need to pay for a victory lap, we need a refund. www.kwqc.com/2026/07/13/g...
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Gov. Reynolds plans farewell 99-county tour
At the Iowa GOP Lincoln Dinner, outgoing Gov. Kim Reynolds announced one final 99-county tour.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Seems like Rep. Ashley Hinson is tired of hearing about clinic closures in Iowa. WE’RE TIRED OF THEM CLOSING. You can't gut Medicaid and then act like everything's fine. Iowans aren’t falling for it. iowastartingline.com/news/hinson-...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Rep. Nunn took $30,000 from pesticide PACs while Iowa has the second-highest rate of new cancers in the country. Ask him why. iowaindependentnews.com/politics/rep...
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Rep. Zach Nunn took $30,000 in contributions from pesticide, agrochemical industry PACs
The Union of Concerned Scientists has warned that long-term exposure to pesticides puts farmworkers’ health at risk.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Did you know? Trump’s CDC stopped monitoring cyclospora before the outbreak. What does Rep. Ashley Hinson think of the DOGE cuts she was praising now??? www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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Trump's CDC stopped monitoring explosive diarrhea parasite before outbreak
FoodNet previously surveilled eight pathogens, for more than three decades. In 2025, monitoring was reduced down to two.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Lahn said he wants to build off the work of Gov. Reynolds, the most unpopular governor in America… We’ve got bigger goals: clean water, fully-funded public schools and a living wage for all! #WorldCup
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
While we can’t replace what SNAP used to provide for many, we can keep putting food on shelves and showing up for each other. 👉 THIS THURSDAY in Des Moines we're doing it again. No experience required. Register below! www.mobilize.us/progressiowa...
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PRESERVE OUR PEOPLE: Learn to Can. Feed the Future. · Progress Iowa
SNAP cuts by Iowa’s Congressional delegation are making it tougher for people to flourish. In the face of these harsh cuts, we will respond as a community: Learn the food preservation technique of wat...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Nearly 25,000 Iowans. Off SNAP. Just this year after Iowa's representatives voted to gut SNAP. That's why, when The Supply Hive asked us to partner up on this canning workshop, we said yes, even though most of us had never canned a day in our lives.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Are you SICK OF IT? Rising health care costs. Medicaid cuts. TOMORROW: Join us to hear from Iowans impacted by our broken health care system and learn how to take action. mobilize.us/progressiowa/event/985521/
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Rural Health Care Town Hall · Progress Iowa
Join us for a conversation about rural health care in Iowa and help launch our Sick of It campaign in the Hawkeye State! We're bringing together community members, patients, families, and advocates w...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
POV: Your rep votes to cut Medicaid & takes no responsibility when clinics close. Thanks to Peter, Jerry and state Representative Dr. Megan Srinivas for not letting Rep. Zach Nunn get away with this.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
“What good is abundance if it poisons our neighbors? What good is winning politically if we cannot hand our children a glass of clean water?” ruralroutes.substack.com/p/airing-iow...
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Airing Iowa's Dirty Laundry
How a text message, a water cooler, and three baby onesies changed the way I think about Iowa's water.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Did you know Miller-Meeks accepted over $55,000 from corporate PACS after voting to give them massive tax breaks last year? 👀👀👀 unrigoureconomy.com/wp-content/u...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Nearly 25,000 Iowans lost food assistance this year. Congressman Zach Nunn cut it & is now BRAGGING online. Hunger isn't an achievement.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Another year of Pride in the books, but the work continues! Thank you to every Iowan who marched, cheered, and showed up with love this month & beyond. #CRPride
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Iowa’s feeling the heat, but we can’t swim at 10 of our state beaches because of high E. coli and algal toxins. Once again, corporate polluters get to run the show and Iowans pay the price… www.weareiowa.com/article/tech...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
NEW: RFK Jr. now caught pressuring Libertarian candidates in BOTH IA-02 and IA-03 to drop out. Looks like Mitchell & Rep. Nunn fear a fair race… 👀👀👀 littlevillagemag.com/rfk-jr-recor...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Four years ago today, Roe was overturned and Iowans are paying the price. MAGA Republicans control our bodies with a six-week abortion ban & we rank last in OB-GYNs per capita. This isn't leadership. It's dangerous overreach.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Looks like Nunn’s scared. His team tried to pressure a Libertarian challenger to drop out. When that failed, they filed a formal challenge and got him kicked off the ballot over a name discrepancy. 👀👀👀 iowastartingline.com/news/nunn-ki...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Iowa’s prisons are already understaffed & near capacity. Now, there’s an expected 50% prison population increase over just THREE YEARS because of this dangerous MAGA policy. 🚨🚨🚨
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Trillionaires should not be a thing. If the wealthy paid their fair share, Iowa wouldn't be watching schools and hospitals shut down. But MAGA Republicans keep cutting taxes for the rich while our communities crumble.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
FULLY 📢FUND 📢 PUBLIC 📢SCHOOLS 📢 @ IOWA REPUBLICANS qctimes.com/news/state-r...
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Private school tuition in Iowa has grown by as much as 50% since the voucher program began
Despite subsidies from Iowa taxpayers, the cost of private school education in Iowa continues to rise above the rate of inflation.
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
How do Republican legislators justify this as many Iowa public schools are forced to make cuts?!
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Progress Iowa @progressiowa.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
www.reuters.com/world/i-love... Iowans are struggling to feed our families and fill up our cars, but Trump loves inflation…
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'I love the inflation,' Trump says as prices rise amid Iran war
President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to embrace data showing inflation has risen more than ‌4%, telling reporters that he "loved" inflation and reiterating his belief that prices will fall as ...
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