Thank you for all of your good work doing deep dives on what has happened in the Iowa Legislature this year. They have done a whole lot of damage to people who have no voice in this state. To me, one of the worst decisions the governor and this legislature made is the failure to use federal funds to continue the food assistance in the summer for students who use that assistance during the school year. That decision was nothing but mean.
Kathi and Laura, thank you. If the Governor believed that Iowa children are different and better off than similar, lower-income Nebraska children, she should say so. She could argue that Iowa hunger programs are more comprehensive and reach more children than in Nebraska. Our governor could say we have reduced the number of students who need free and reduced lunches because of Iowa's improving economy for working class or lower-income Iowa families. She could say maybe Nebraska needs federal help, but not in Iowa. She just 'says no'.
Thank you for all of your good work doing deep dives on what has happened in the Iowa Legislature this year. They have done a whole lot of damage to people who have no voice in this state. To me, one of the worst decisions the governor and this legislature made is the failure to use federal funds to continue the food assistance in the summer for students who use that assistance during the school year. That decision was nothing but mean.
Kathi and Laura, thank you. If the Governor believed that Iowa children are different and better off than similar, lower-income Nebraska children, she should say so. She could argue that Iowa hunger programs are more comprehensive and reach more children than in Nebraska. Our governor could say we have reduced the number of students who need free and reduced lunches because of Iowa's improving economy for working class or lower-income Iowa families. She could say maybe Nebraska needs federal help, but not in Iowa. She just 'says no'.