Minimum wage workers brace for $1 rise in Iowa
Cedar Rapids resident Efie McCollum, 77, earning $7.25 hourly at the Drop Inn, faces tough choices between paying bills or eating as she awaits a wage increase at the start of 2017. An Iowa Policy Project estimate notes raising Linn County wage to $10.10 could benefit over 18,000 workers. Linn County Board of Supervisors approved a similar hike in September.
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Cliff Jette
the Gazette
Effie McCollum
Drop Inn
Cedar Rapids
McCollum
Linn County
J St
Iowa Policy Project
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Linn County Minimum Wage Timeline
Linn County boards create a working group in January 2016 to study a countywide wage increase. By January 2017 the minimum wage rises to 8.25 with planned steps to 9.25 in 2018 and 10.25 in 2019. The board approves a 10.25 target and July 2019 delay attempt fails. Local councils decide on county or own ordinances.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Ben Rogers
John Harris
Midwest
Linn County
Waterloo cabinet maker’s cruise plan draws global attention
Waterloo cabinet manufacturer Berth Cabinet Manufacturing plans a week long Caribbean cruise for hundreds of employees to celebrate production and income gains. Gary and Becky Bertc announced the trip two weeks ago and depart January 8 from Waterloo Regional Airport aboard four chartered planes. The plan, initially reported as a five star Miami hotel stay with a Carnival Cruise Lines voyage stopping in Cozumel, has been picked up by media in the United States and London.
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Waterloo
Gary
Becky Bertc
Berth Cabinet Manufacturing
Gional
the Courier
Gary Berthh
Miami
Carnival Cruise Lines
Cozumel
Mexico
Associated Press
United States
London
Bertc
Cedar Rapids Uses Modeling To Fight Flooding
Cedar Rapids lays out a new strategy for stormwater management after 2014 floods. City officials adopt a stormwater and sanitary sewer master plan and focus on micro watershed basin modeling to guide improvements.
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Cedar Rapids
Sandy Pumphrey
Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher at SAG Lifetime Award
Actress Debbie Reynolds accepts a Lifetime Achievement honor at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, posing with daughter Carrie Fisher.
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Debbie Reynolds
Carrie Fisher
Los Angeles
Debbie Reynolds Dies at 84 After Stroke
Debbie Reynolds, famed Hollywood musical star of the 1950s and 60s, died at age 84 in Los Angeles one day after daughter Carrie Fisher. Her son Todd Fisher confirmed she had suffered a stroke and expressed that Reynolds wanted to be with Carrie.
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Los Angeles
Debbie Reynolds
Hollywood
Carrie Fisher
Reynolds
Carrie
Todd Fisher
Reuters
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Waterloo Company
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Brandon Pollock
Cedar Falls
Jeffrey Wyant
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