Retirement wave threatens key link in rural health care
Vanessa Miller reports from The Gazette on Iowa’s aging physician assistants—29 percent of the state’s 873 PAs in 2015 were over 50—foreshadowing a high retirement wave. The study warns Iowa may lose about 30 percent of its PA workforce in 15 years, worsening rural care access as attrition rises.
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Whitaker’s unlikely rise from Iowa to the Justice Department
The profile traces Matthew Whitaker from Iowa lawyer to acting attorney general. It notes his varied ventures including a day care, a concrete supply business, and a trailer maker, plus a taxpayer subsidized Des Moines housing effort he left after a threatened lawsuit.
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Democrats in Iowa seek brighter future after decade without statewide win
Iowa Democrats say midterm gains signal a path back to statewide wins after ten years without a top ballot victory. Party chair Troy Price notes progress won’t happen in one cycle as Terry Branstad era ends and Kim Reynolds wins governorship.
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Tom Miller
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