by Dar Danielson | Dec 5, 2022 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Congresswoman, Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, is co-sponsoring legislation to reauthorize and modernize the bipartisan Childcare and Development Block Grant, or CDBG program. That program sends federal dollars to states to help them with childcare...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 7, 2022 | Human Interest, News
Child care is an urgent need in southeast Iowa’s Lee County, where the county health department is gauging the depth of the problem by conducting a survey though a five-year grant from Prevent Child Abuse Iowa. Breanna Kramer-Riesburg, the department’s outreach...
by Dar Danielson | Mar 14, 2019 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican from Red Oak, has unveiled a plan for new parents to use some of their Social Security savings to pay for time off work to be with the new child. The plan does have some critics. “I do receive some push back because there...
by Dar Danielson | Jun 27, 2018 | Human Interest, News
Iowa held its place at fifth in an annual Kids Count report which ranks each of the states on how well they do in taking care of kids. Iowa Kids Count Director, Michael Crawford, says the state has ranked anywhere from third to fifth in the last five years — and...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 16, 2018 | Crime & Courts, News
The Iowa Supreme Court rules that contracts made with surrogate mothers are legal in the state. The case involves a couple from Cedar Rapids who were nearing 50 years old when they married in 2013 and decided they wanted to have a child. They placed an online ad in...
