Marion Officials Pause on Linn County Wage Ordinance
Marion officials will wait for state action on House File 295 before deciding on Linn County's minimum wage rule. City leaders cite a state preemption effort and the county ordinance raising pay to 10.25 by 2019, with Marion residents noting support for a prior 8.25 rate and urging careful local action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Linn County
Lon Pluckhahn
House
Iowa Statehouse
Pluckhahn
Don Hoskins
Nicolas Abou- Assaly
Abou Assaly
Charles Knudsen
Knudsen
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Jeff Pomeranz
Hiawatha
Johnson County
Wapello County
Ottumwa
Polk County
Des Moines
Iowa pre-emption bill narrows to rental contract rules
A House bill aims to unify business rules across Iowa by limiting local civil rights ordinances to lease agreements between landlords and tenants. It would roll back housing voucher protections and any local minimum wage rules above the state rate, with officials cautioning enactment could undermine local home rule.
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Black Hawk
Iowa
Iowa City
Marion
John Landon
R-Ankeny
Landon
House
Geoff Fruin
Fruin
Johnson
Linn
Polk
Wapello
Mitchell.schmidt
Thegazette.com
Iowa lawmakers advance bills on foreign laws and fireworks
A House Judiciary subcommittee moves House File 223 to shield Iowans from foreign laws clashing with rights. Other actions include progressing voting age changes, fireworks sales fees, and livestock nuisance defense proposals amid constitutional concerns and fiscal questions.
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House Judiciary
House
U.S
Ralph Watts
R-Adel
U.S. Supreme Court
Register Young
Senate Ways and Means
Iowa
Senate
Janet Petersen
Des Moines
House Agriculture Subcommittee
William Wimmer
The
Association For Justice and Others
Eldon McAfee
Iowa Pork Producers and Cattlemen’s Associations
Iowa water quality bill gains mixed support at hearing
Iowa lawmakers heard broad support for long term funding and watershed collaboration to improve water quality and flood control. Opponents criticized nutrient exchanges as subsidizing pollution while proponents cited costs and need for a permanent funding source and measurable reductions. The bill backs a 232 million dollar 13 year appropriation from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund via the Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division and a water sales excise tax to fund cities and eligible entities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jessica Mazour
Citizens For Community Improvement
House Agriculture
Mazour
Tim Whipple
Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities
House
Rebuild
Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Iowa Finance Authority
Chip Baltimore
R-Boone
Chad Kleppe
Master Builders
Roger Wolf
Iowa Soybean Association
Senate
Terry Branstad
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Makayla Tendall
the Gazette
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Q. Lynch
Allen Burney
Iowa Capitol
Burney
Bold Action Iowa
Branstad
Washington
James.lynch
Thegazette
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