Procter and Gamble to move Iowa City production West
Procter and Gamble will shift hair care products and body wash production from Iowa City to a new Tabler Station plant in West Virginia by late 2020. About 500 Iowa City workers, roughly 40 percent of the city's P G employment, will lose their jobs gradually. The move excludes oral care products and includes advance notices and transition support per the company.
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Rebecca F. Miller
the Gazette Ies
Procter & Gamble
Iowa City
Iowa
West Virginia
Tabler Station
W.va
Procter & Gamble Eyes Iowa City Plant Transfer Impact
P G confirms 500 Iowa City jobs to move as part of a North American operations review begun in 2013. The 780000 square foot Iowa City beauty care plant, opened in 1956, employs about 1200 at three sites and produces Pantene, Head & Shoulders, Aussie, Herbal Essences, Ivory, Old Spice, Gillette body washes and Crest and Scope rinses. Mark Nolte of ICADG laments for affected families as logistics shift closer to population centers.
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God
Day
Mark Nolte
Iowa City
This Day Forward: Faith and Fear Behind a Cancer Journey
Jennifer Jensen shares her family's brain cancer story through the film This Day Forward. The 100 minute movie premiered in Independence and is being pitched to Affirm Films by director Brian Ide. Hayden Wyatt and Randy Coleman portray Jennifer and Mike Jensen, with their car used in the low budget production.
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Jennifer Jensen
Independence
Jensen
Waverly
Cedar Falls
Brian Ide
Los Angeles
Sony Pictures
Affirm Films
Jensens
Hayden Wyatt and
Randy Coleman
Jennifer
Mike Jensen
Iowa lawmakers approve 1 percent school aid increase
Republican majorities in the House and Senate backed a plan giving Iowa school districts a 1 percent boost in supplemental state aid about 67 per student for the next academic year. Senate amendments added 14 million to base K 12 budgets to address transportation inequities and per pupil funds. The amended House File 2230 moves back to the House for final action to meet the deadline.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
Kim Reynolds
GOP
Ped Mall shooter seeks immunity under stand your ground
Lamar Wilson 21 was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter two counts of assault with intent to inflict serious injury and intimidation with a dangerous weapon for the August Pedestrian Mall shooting in Iowa City. Wildlife will seek immunity under the new stand your ground provision from Judge Paul Miller, arguing to avoid harsher charges.
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Iowa City
Lamar Wilson
Wilson
6Th Judicial District
Paul Miller
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