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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1989
Page
5
Senate Democrats endorse a bill to raise the minimum wage to 5 dollars an hour in Iowa while considering a subminimum rate for teenagers. Senate Majority Leader Bill Hutchins of Audubon says the chamber will align with the House on the basic wage increase and further debate the teen wage clause.
Strong support among Senate Democrats to raise the current 3.35 wage. The House approved bill would lift to 3.85 next January and to 4.40 a year later then to 5.00 on January 1, 1992. Branstad opposes a state wage while urging federal action. Avenson predicts Branstad will revisit a plan next year.
Democratic lawmaker Rep. Hatch proposed tying future tuition at the University of Iowa Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa to the higher education price index to aid family budgeting Regents chair Marvin Pomerantz called the idea meddling during a joint Education Appropriations Committee session R. Wayne Richey and Hatch clashed over control and policy at the state universities
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