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Iowa House panel moves to bar local minimum wage rules
The House Local Government Committee approved a bill to block cities and counties in Linn, Johnson, Polk and others from setting higher minimum wages or broader civil rights rules. The measure would void existing local ordinances and keep Iowa at a $7.25 statewide minimum wage, with Republicans arguing this protects a uniform business climate. Democrats warned it would erase home rule and proposed a staged increase to $11 by 2019 instead.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
John Landon
R-Ankeny
Landon
Johnson, Linn
Polk
Wapello
Terry Branstad
Brian Meyer
D-Des Moines
Meyer
Linda Upmeyer
Upmeyer
Phyllis Thede
D-Bettendorf