Linn County dispatch fee debate hits four small cities
Critics ask if Hiawatha Robins Mount Vernon and Lisbon pay a fair share as Linn County Board of Supervisors weighs a new dispatch fee to cover sheriff dispatch costs. The four rely on the sheriff for emergency calls unlike Cedar Rapids and Marion. The $32 per hour fee would cover dispatch services and could affect 11 other small Linn County cities through existing contracts. Sheriff Brian Gardner says the workload is heavy and four dispatchers may be added. the four cities oppose paying for the coverage they require.
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Iowa hospitals sign Medicaid contracts for 2016 transition
Gov. Branstad says University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Unity Point Health and Genesis Health System have agreed with a managed care organization ahead of the January 1 2016 Medicaid transition. The systems cover about 3000 Medicaid providers as Iowa shifts to four out of state private insurers Amerigroup AmeriHealth Caritas UnitedHealthcare and WellCare.
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Iowa
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California shooting spurs widespread lockdown and probe
In San Bernardino investigators seek motive after a wife and husband killed 14 people and left 21 wounded in a mass shooting. The couple had explosives and ammo stockpiled and were killed in a police shootout four hours later as the FBI took over the case.
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Pentagon opens all combat roles to women nationwide
Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that women will be allowed in all combat positions across the U.S. military within 30 days. The policy ends decades of exclusion and grants access to about 220000 previously closed reconnaissance infantry and special operations posts, with no exceptions.
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