Republicans and some Clinton-era Democrats have long claimed that giving money to low-income Americans, for things like food stamps, without requiring them to work discourages them from getting jobs.
There are no proposed tax cuts in the governor’s proposal and the omission, while not surprising, isn’t sitting well with Republican leaders in the Legislature.
When Iowa lawmakers last week gave final approval to roll back certain child labor protections, they blended into a growing movement driven largely by a conservative advocacy group.
This article was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news organization based in Washington, D.C. by Alexia