Healthcare shouldn't be an extravagance. Iowans shouldn't have to choose between filling a prescription and putting food on the table. A doctor's visit shouldn't require several hours in the car.

Issues like high costs, low local availability, high worker turnover, and low state assistance all contribute to a childcare landscape that leaves many Iowa families struggling to access the care they need for their children.

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Ten years of Republican control at the Capitol have seen Iowa's public school kids denied the support they deserve.

Tomorrow is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Use this link to find a location near you to safely dispose of unused prescription medications: tinyurl.com/y22fvb2d

The combination of sky-high diesel prices, spiking healthcare costs, and higher costs for household goods is putting the squeeze on Iowa's farmers.

Early voting is open through November 2!

Iowa workers held the line and won themselves better workplace conditions. Congratulations!

Iowans work more hours per week than our Midwestern neighbors while earning less per hour, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Iowans are dealing with high costs across the board, but it's especially painful at the pump right now.

A new report from Energy Innovation examines how federal policy changes, championed by Iowa's Republican lawmakers, will raise energy costs for Iowa families. You can read the report here: tinyurl.com/mw7n5eed

Registering to vote is easy and Iowa even offers same-day registration on Election Day! Use iwillvote.com to learn more about what you need to bring and where you need to go to register for November's elections!

Election Day is almost here! Do you have a plan to vote? You can use iwillvote.com/ to check your registration status, find your polling location, and learn more!

Every kid deserves to feel safe at school. That's why learning how to spot bullying is so important for adults. This Bullying Prevention Month, visit stopbullying.gov to learn more about identifying and standing up to bullying effectively.

Reminder! Republican lawmakers made union recertification votes unnecessarily complicated, so NOT voting is the same as voting NO. Vote YES before Oct. 27 to maintain your bargaining power!

In 2025, we got ahold of Gov. Reynolds' five-year revenue projections that the majority party used to justify their budgeting. If today's REC numbers hold, those projections will have missed their mark by nearly $1.6 BILLION by the end of FY28. tinyurl.com/mtnukhxv

Read Sen. Petersen's full statement on the Revenue Estimating Conference's October report here: tinyurl.com/earemh83

Republican lawmakers' repeated efforts to strip their political opponents of power isn't good governance, it's corruption. And it does nothing to serve Iowans' interests.

Statehouse Republicans tried to use a new tax increase to cover the structural mess that they created with the budget. But the budget is still broken and Iowans' monthly health insurance costs went higher.