Iowa safety laws lag as advocates urge updates
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety rate Iowa red for having fewer than seven of fifteen optimal highway safety laws. The report cites no motorcycle helmet or rear seat belt requirements, boosting calls for stronger rules and stricter enforcement. A separate Iowa Senate bill seeks to upgrade texting to a primary offense amid distracted driving concerns.
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Stansell
Department
Public Education
Safe Kids
Linn County
Iowa
Saferoads. Org
Towa
Cathy Chase
Chase
Iowa Senate Transportation Committee
Senate
Michael Breitbach
Strawberry Point
Gary Carlson
R-Muscatine
House ‘Transportation Committee
Carlson
Nicky Stansell
Cedar Rapids
Katherine Seaman
Central Fire Station
Seaman
Archives seek donations to preserve Women’s March items
The University of Iowa library archive collects posters, pink hats, photos, and writings from women involved in feminism and the 1970s Iowa movement. Donors can contact lib-women uiowa edu or visit lib.uiowa.edu/iwa to contribute.
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Sarah Hanley
Boston
Iowa City Women’s Liberation Front
Women’s Resource and Action Center
Mason
Iowa
Republi
Uiowa
Wiowa
Iwa
Sion Gowansethegazete.com
Exe Miler Gazete
Aren Mason
Iowa Women's Archive
University of Iowa
Vain Library
Iowa City
Regents and union face stalled talks amid legislative eyes
Regents and United Faculty with COGS and US Graduate College faculty press for bargaining while lawmakers weigh Chapter 20 changes. Negotiations are paused with mediation set for Feb. 20, 21 and arbitration March 1, 2, as leaders warn against delaying tactics and seek to protect pay and benefits for 2,183 graduate students and 2,500 health care workers.
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COGS
Regents
Josh Lehman
Lehman
United
Service Employees International Union Local 199
US Graduate College
John Keller
Keller
Bob Dvorsky
D-Coralville
Dvorsky
Senate
NNT
Gorton
Landon Elkind
US Graduate Student Union
Elkind
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