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Week 15 – April 22, 2009
• Affordable, accessible
health insurance for more Iowans
• Legislature working on smarter, tougher, safer laws
• Revitalizing Iowa’s small towns, inner cities
• Growing Iowa’s economy with biodiesel
• Help for Iowa consumers who’ve been deceived
• Making a college education more affordable
• Promoting job skills for Iowa youth
• Missing veterans project brings Iowa soldiers home
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Week 14 – April 15, 2009
• Fairer,
lower taxes for farmers & small businesses
• Being accountable with federal stimulus dollars
• Rethink, reinvent, reorganize Iowa’s state government
• Iowa’s wind energy production now among world’s best
• Helping small businesses recover from 2008 disasters
• Mortgage help for active duty servicemembers
• Protecting Iowans from identity theft
• In wake of Atalissa, Senate moves to protect dependent adults
• Senate helps nursing home residents, direct care workers
• Expanded middle-class tax cut helps more Iowans
• Are there credit scoring problems in Iowa’s insurance industry?
• Encouraging Iowa volunteers to help revitalize our state
• Filmmaking is good for the Iowa economy
• Improving gender balance on local boards
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Week 13 – April 8, 2009
• Making tough choices that keep our promises
• Supporting Iowans during national recession
• Stopping wage discrimination will grow Iowa’s middle class
• Expanding health insurance coverage for Iowans
• Supreme Court strikes down discriminatory statute
• Additional disaster assistance for small businesses
• Encouraging small business growth in our local communities
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Week 12 – April 1, 2009
* A middle-class tax cut is good for Iowa
* Veterans Home administrators discuss policy changes
* Flood insurance speeds disaster recovery
* Stopping unfair campaign tricks
* Maintaining protections for abused kids
* Stronger protections on Iowa’s groundwater passes Senate
* Internship grants available to Iowa companies
* Uniform laws can keep children safe
* Protecting the courts and the judicial process
* Let’s show appreciation for Iowa’s volunteer emergency workers
* Judicial branch seeks cost-cutting ideas
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Week 11 – March 25, 2009
* It’s time for an Iowa middle-class tax cut
* National recession is putting the pinch on Iowans
* Iowa leads national effort for better health care
* Senate strengthens protections for Iowa workers
* Enhancing incentives for Iowa’s economic prosperity
* Promoting green energy production is a winner for
Iowa
* Consumer protections for car buyers
* Senate confirms new Adjutant General for Iowa Guard
* Know your flood risk
* Increasing local authority for environmental
protections
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Week 10 – March 18, 2009
· Tightening the state’s budget belt in troubled times
· Iowa recognized for great education benefits for veterans
· Where is the federal recovery money in Iowa?
· Task force recommends protections for dependent adults
· Ensuring vulnerable adults get the help they need
· Streamlining decision-making for adult caretakers
· Limiting flooding through improved land use
· Enhancing the availability of locally grown foods
· Medical assistance for disaster victims
· Poll watchers help ensure every Iowan’s vote is counted
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Week 9 – March 11, 2009
• Senate takes another step to tackle tough economy
• Greater protections for Iowa’s middle-class families
• Rebuilding Iowa and the lives of disaster victims
• Growing Iowa’s economy with biodiesel
• Iowa to host White House forum on health care
• Increasing protections for Iowa workers
• Nominate your favorite teacher for big honor
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Week 8 – March 4, 2009
· Expanding health care coverage to middle-class Iowa
families
· Educational opportunity signed by Governor
· Fair treatment for Iowa’s workers & children
· Protecting dependent adults from abuse
· Making government more efficient
· Protecting Iowans’ personal information
· Revitalizing Iowa’s communities & neighborhoods
· Improving student achievement for our military families
· Making Iowa a great place for seniors
· Improving safety & recreational opportunities for Iowans
· Making travel safer by limiting distracted driving
· Improving Iowa’s disaster response
· Iowa nurses deserve better
· IPERS officials discuss state of retirement benefits
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Week 7 – Feb. 25, 2009
* Responsibly balancing the
state budget in troubled times
* Protecting educational opportunity in tough times
* Stepping up our efforts to help unemployed Iowans
* Values Fund helps expand Iowa’s middle class
* Regional partnerships expand student opportunities
* Cracking down on meth makers in Iowa
* Flags will honor servicemembers who give their lives
* Shining a light on government
* Grain Indemnity Fund changes to protect farmers
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Week 6 – Feb. 18, 2009
· Growing middle class
strengthens Iowa’s economy
· Ending wage discrimination, growing Iowa’s middle class
· New agenda to help meet needs of our veterans
· Making Iowa more attractive to young people
· Taking pride in Iowa’s quality of life
· Getting to the bottom of unsafe living conditions, labor violations
· Transparency for government dollars, help for Iowa loan holders
· Increasing student achievement through teacher academies
· Quality school administrators are one key to student achievement
· Tax code target of legislative scrutiny
· Iowa Senate starts conversation on “National Popular Vote”
· Guard steps up suicide prevention
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Week 5 – Feb. 11, 2009
• Maintaining Iowa’s
priorities in a national recession
• Protecting the rights of Iowa workers
• Preschool is making more kids successful
• Iowa is a great place for business
• Helping Iowans who’ve been cheated
• Finance Authority promotes community & economic growth
• Senior-friendly communities strengthen Iowa
• Working families get the help they need
• Bicyclists’ Bill of Rights passes committee
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Week 4 – Feb. 4, 2009
• Investment in renewable
energy pays off
• Revitalizing Iowa’s communities & neighborhoods
• E-File for quick returns
• Disaster relief for Iowans and communities
• The future of flood prevention
• Making government leaner
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Week 3 – Jan. 28, 2009
• Worsening national recession requires more belt
tightening
• Disaster relief for Iowans and communities
• Investing in long-range economic growth
• Student achievement on the rise in Iowa
• Last year’s health care reforms are only a start
• New Lottery games will extend progress on veterans issues
• Maintaining ethical campaign finance laws
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Week 2 – Jan. 21, 2009
• Listening to you, working
for you
• Iowa’s health care for kids gets attention in U.S. Congress
• Protecting victims of human trafficking
• Let’s put displaced Iowans in housing this year
• New legislation would make Iowa waterways safer
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Week 1 – Jan. 14, 2009
• Iowa ready to tackle tough economy
• Governor seeks to move Iowa forward
• Power Fund is growing Iowa’s economy
• Iowa Guard to assist at presidential inauguration
• Chief Justice outlines challenges for Iowa Courts
• Iowa’s GED On-Demand receives national praise
• Prevent house fires in cold weather
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