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Employer-provided health insurance on the decline, report shows

By | 10.06.11 | 12:44 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Fewer Americans have full-time, permanent jobs that offer employer-provided health insurance, a report from The Iowa Policy Project finds, largely due to a changing labor market.

Vilsack: Economic health of rural America dependent on education

By | 05.06.11 | 4:40 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack noted Friday that education is at the core of all efforts to promote economic development in rural America, echoing a theme that has appeared numerous times in reports by The Iowa Independent staff.

“A well educated work force is More…

GOP Attacks Labor in Alternative Auto Bailout Plan

By | 12.10.08 | 2:11 pm

Saying the Democrats’ Detroit bailout plan “guarantees failure at taxpayer expense,” House Republicans on Wednesday introduced an alternative blueprint asking union workers to take a pay cut and give up benefits.

The current powers that be — both in Washington and Detroit — can’t be trusted to fix a More…