About Iow.ai Ink.
Iow.ai Ink., published via Substack at http://iowai.substack.com and soon via http://iow.ai, is a digital platform for Iowa-centric writing, info., data, events, news, visuals and policy insights.
Iow.ai Ink. is a digital platform for Iowa-centric information, news, data, visuals and policy insights.
Jeff Patch, Iow.ai Ink.’s founder and writer, is an analyst at Capital Policy Analytics, a Washington, D.C.-based economic consulting and policy research firm.
His research and writing focuses on how state and federal action—regulation, legislation, litigation and oversight—impact economies, markets, businesses, workers, retirees and taxpayers.
Patch has written news articles and analyses for Inside Sources, Morning Consult, RealClearInvestigations.com, and Crain’s New York Business—among others. He is a former Des Moines Register correspondent and Politico.com staff writer. He earned his B.A. in journalism and political science from the University of Iowa in 2006.
Patch works part-time as a tobacconist at Iowa’s premier cigar lounge, Leaf Brothers Cigars, at both the Ankeny and Waukee locations.