Anne Discher
@adischer.bsky.social
Policy wonk trying to be less wonky. Also, dogs. Iowa captive.
These updates are so helpful — thank you for posting them!
January 13, 2026 at 1:23 PM
These updates are so helpful — thank you for posting them!
Iowa's DOGE commission wants to muck around with our public retirement system and do merit pay for teachers lol such innovators.
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Iowa's DOGE commission wants to muck around with our public retirement system and do merit pay for teachers lol such innovators.
Hell yeah, do it! Find me at 537741615167
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Hell yeah, do it! Find me at 537741615167
We'll get it up in HTML shortly; sorry for the PDF.
October 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We'll get it up in HTML shortly; sorry for the PDF.
Anyway, @commongoodiowa.bsky.social put out a backgrounder on all of this yesterday: www.commongoodiowa.org/moduledocume...
www.commongoodiowa.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Anyway, @commongoodiowa.bsky.social put out a backgrounder on all of this yesterday: www.commongoodiowa.org/moduledocume...
Lawmakers should take a beat, walk away from plans for more tax cuts and start building consensus on how we will raise the revenue we will need to meet Iowans’ needs: great public schools, affordable health care and child care, and clean water to drink.
October 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Lawmakers should take a beat, walk away from plans for more tax cuts and start building consensus on how we will raise the revenue we will need to meet Iowans’ needs: great public schools, affordable health care and child care, and clean water to drink.
The good news is, fixing a structural budget deficit may take political will, but it isn’t a mystery.
October 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The good news is, fixing a structural budget deficit may take political will, but it isn’t a mystery.