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1 week ago | holaamericanews.com | Hola Iowa |Natalie Krebs

EspañolBy Natalie Krebs, Iowa Public RadioA new report ranked Iowa’s health system 18th in the nation, but experts said gains made in reducing the state’s uninsured rate could be affected by federal proposals to cut health safety net programs. The Commonwealth Fund’s Scorecard on State Health System Performance rates states on indicators such as affordability, prevention and treatment and potentially avoidable hospital visits.

4 weeks ago | holaamericanews.com | Hola Iowa |Donnelle Eller

EspañolBy Donnelle Eller, Des Moines RegisterMeatpacking giant JBS USA plans to build a $135 million sausage processing plant that will eventually employ 500 people in Perry, the central Iowa town that lost nearly 1,300 jobs when competitor Tyson Foods closed its pork plant last year. JBS said Thursday, May 29, that the Brazilian company wants to build a 150,000–square-foot plant on about 90 acres next to Perry’s industrial park on its southeast side.

1 month ago | holaamericanews.com | Hola Iowa |Natalie Krebs

EspañolBy Natalie Krebs, Iowa Public RadioPlanned Parenthood North Central States announced it plans to close four clinics in Iowa amid financial challenges. The organization said it will close its clinics in Ames, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Urbandale in addition to four of its clinics in Minnesota in the coming year. It will also layoff 66 staff members and offer 37 others reassignments.

2 months ago | holaamericanews.com | Hola Iowa |Grant Gerlock

EspañolBy Grant Gerlock, Iowa Public Radio Iowa-Nathan Sage is running to be the Democrat who challenges Republican Sen. Joni Ernst as she seeks a third term in the U.S. Senate. Sage is the first Democrat to officially declare his candidacy in the 2026 Senate race. It is the first time he has run for elected office. He said his campaign will be about repairing the party’s connection to working class voters. “From a Democratic side of things, I think that’s what we need.

2 months ago | holaamericanews.com | Hola Iowa |Katarina Sostaric

EspañolBy Katarina Sostaric, Iowa Public Radio Iowa-Leaders of community mental health centers in Iowa say they’re concerned about a bill that would route certain federal funding to a state agency before it reaches them. The centers have automatically gotten 70%—or about $5 million per year—of a block grant from the federal government. Now, Gov. Kim Reynolds’ administration wants to first bring that money into the state Department of Health and Human Services.