Branstad signs Iowa collective bargaining reform
Gov. Terry Branstad signed House File 291 changing the 48 year old collective bargaining law. AFSCME and opponents criticized the quiet signing while Americans for Prosperity Iowa leader Drew Klein attended with Branstad. Homan of AFSCME called the event a sign of behind the scenes influence.
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Regent grilled on Republican campus proposals during Iowa hearing
The Iowa Board of Regents member Michael Richards faced tough questions at a Senate confirmation hearing over fetal tissue research gun policy on campuses and faculty political balance. Richards, a Branstad ally, declined direct comment on fetal tissue and urged leaving firearm decisions to the universities.
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