DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capital Bureau) -- Is it inflation? Was it new tariffs on imports? Do many Iowans just not make enough money? Should we blame the thousands of layoffs in the past few years? Or could it be a combination of all the above? Whatever the reason or reasons, it means that the job of people like Luke Elzinga is more difficult.

Elzinga is the Des Moines Area Religious Council Policy & Advocacy Manager and is also chair of the Iowa Hunger Coalition.

Feeding America, a national non-profit organization focused on providing food for families in need, estimated that roughly one in eight Iowans is food insecure in 2025, roughly the same as it was in 2015.

Those numbers show how little overall progress policymakers, politicians, and families have made over the

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