Branstad Proposes Voluntary Health Premium Payment Plan
Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds announce a voluntary 20 percent health insurance premium contribution for state workers starting August 1. The plan, approved by the Executive Council, could save taxpayers over 100 million if fully adopted, with 88 percent of workers currently contributing nothing. Some officials praise the gesture as leading by example, while critics call it a pressure tactic to cut compensation.
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DES Moines
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Kim Reynolds
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Iowa
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David Vaudt
Agriculture
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Senate
GOP
Jerry Behn
Boone
Eugene Fraise
D-Fort Madison
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Mike Fitzgerald
Iowa 511 launches real time traffic app for smartphones
Officials at the Iowa Department of Transportation announced a statewide real time traffic information app named Iowa 511 for Android via Google Play with an iPhone version to follow. The app displays speeds and CCTV images for major routes and cities and includes a zoomable map and electronic roadway sign messages. TransCore developed the app for $20,000 and it is the department’s only smartphone offering.
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Des Moines
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Smoke from Colorado fires drifts into Iowa skies
Colorado wildfires send smoke into Iowa with hazier skies and redder sunrises and sunsets. Officials say the smoke remains high in the atmosphere with no health risks or dust settling, and Iowa air quality is reported as good.
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Dyersville Annexes Field of Dreams Site in 4-1 Vote
Dyersville City Council approved annexation of the Field of Dreams movie site by a 4-1 margin with Molly Evers opposed. New owners Mike and Denise Stillman of Go the Distance LLC plan Midwest’s largest youth baseball and softball complex to draw visitors yearly.
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Branstad rejects Medicaid expansion citing federal unreliability
Gov. Terry Branstad says he does not trust the federal government to fulfill Medicaid promises and will not expand Iowa's program unless compelled. Sen. Jack Hatch accuses him of harming thousands of low income residents as the 2010s ACA expansion debate intensifies across states.
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Des Moines
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D-Des Moines
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Iowa groups oppose abortion emergency rules petition
Planned Parenthood Heartland and the ACLU of Iowa filed objections to a petition by 41 Republican lawmakers seeking emergency rules to block Medicaid funded abortions for rape or incest victims. They warn the move would violate federal law and jeopardize Iowa’s federal Medicaid funds while denying care to rape victims and those with severe fetal anomalies.
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Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
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Iowa
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