F. Amanda Tugade 🇵🇭
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communities and faith reporter @DMRegister | 💌 [email protected] | i like tats, punk music, thrifting, etc.
Chicago / Des Moines
Joined March 2015
RT @DMRegister: Denison residents call for mental health resources after officers shoot, kill man in park
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The fatal shooting of a Denison man has left a community grieving, sparking conversations around the lack of mental health resources and shelters.
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RT @RefugeeAdvcyLab: When President Trump issued a stop-work order for resettlement agencies, Lutheran Services in Iowa had just welcomed 1….
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Lutheran Services in Iowa says it successfully resettled the refugees who arrived to Des Moines after President Donald Trump cut off funding.
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RT @DMRPoliticsCzar: How @realDonaldTrump's anti-DEI push and #BigBeautifulBill changes could mean big changes in which kids get free lunch….
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Des Moines Public Schools feeds thousands of students every day. But the Trump administration could change who gets fed for free, and what they eat.
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Been following the journeys of Des Moines’ resettlement agencies since January. Here’s an update from one agency able to help 191 refugees and immigrants despite Trump’s stop-work order.
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Lutheran Services in Iowa says it successfully resettled the refugees who arrived to Des Moines after President Donald Trump cut off funding.
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Back 2 School already? Start your year off right with a bash Aug. 17 that offers free school supplies, food, carnival games, access to resources and more.
20 years later, the Back 2 School Bash continues to be 'so purposeful,' co-organizer says
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RT @DMRegister: Twenty Iowa National Guard soldiers will provide ICE with "administrative and logistical support" from Sept. 8 through Nov.….
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Gov. Kim Reynolds said 20 Iowa National Guard soldiers will provide ICE with "administrative and logistical support" from Sept. 8 through Nov. 15.
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RT @Kkealey17: The bus line at the State Capitol for the @IowaStateFair is long but moving fast. I’ll be at the fairgrounds all of today an….
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"We have said that we would step up and help. Nothing has been finalized yet but we're, as other states are doing, looking into helping in some ways that we can." — Gov. Kim Reynolds . New one from me and @sgrubermiller:
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Gov. Kim Reynolds said the Iowa National Guard is ready to assist ICE with logistics and processing at detention facilities.
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RT @CBSNews: BREAKING: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS, says it will close down after federal cuts. https….
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a nonprofit that provides funds to public radio and TV stations, including NPR and PBS.
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RT @cheyenne_round: NEW: As Sean "Diddy" Combs' camp ramps up its efforts to secure a Trump pardon — which sources say includes floating la….
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RT @DMRegister: 'Why do I deserve this?' Iowan deported to Guatemala says he hopes to return to the US
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From Guatemala, Pascual Pedro recounts his deportation from Iowa, the home he's known since he was 13 years old.
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"It's not the same anymore. It's been hard for me because I think like 'What did I do bad over there?'. "'Why do I deserve this thing that is happening to me?'" — Pascual Pedro, 20, on being deported to Guatemala
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From Guatemala, Pascual Pedro recounts his deportation from Iowa, the home he's known since he was 13 years old.
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RT @msanchezMIA: 1/ Early on in President Trump’s second term, I spent a few weeks observing Chicago’s immigration court to get a sense of….
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Got on @KSUsportschris’ show to talk about my journey in journalism, current work at the Register — and how I’m not really a JCole fan.
Hello all, I'm dropping another podcast episode of mine with the talented @writefelissa as we talked about her, why into journalism, and much more!.
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With more and more Iowans facing food insecurity and pantries reaching record levels, this sentiment from one director echoes many others’ concerns:
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Samantha and I were lucky enough to visit distribution sites in June when the program aimed to replace Summer EBT began. We got to see the items provided to eligible families and how food banks and pantry partners hustled to launch the program in just a matter of weeks.
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A story @svhernandez and I were working on for some weeks is finally out in print. Here’s what we know so far about Iowa’s new state program that promises $40 worth of healthy food for low-income children during the summer.
@svhernandez and I spent some weeks looking at the state’s new Healthy Kids Iowa program aimed at helping feeding low-income children throughout the summer. Here’s what we found out so far:
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@svhernandez and I spent some weeks looking at the state’s new Healthy Kids Iowa program aimed at helping feeding low-income children throughout the summer. Here’s what we found out so far:
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Food pantries across Iowa are taking part in the Healthy Kids Iowa pilot, which gives $40 worth of food monthly to 65,000 kids from June to August.
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What an honor and privilege it was for me & @geoffstellfox to have even been in the same room as Mama Lou. Her legacy lives on. Rest in power.
Ministry and gospel music trailblazer Lou Della “Mama Lou” Evans-Reid passed away earlier this month. The @Chicago_Reader published a great profile by @writefelissa in 2019 ⬇️.
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RT @gilmxres: lane kim & haley dunphy i’m so sorry i wasn’t in the writers room cause I wouldn’t have done this to you .
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