Iowa colleges, ABI launch WORRC to expand work based learning
Gov. Reynolds unveils WORRC with 15 community colleges and ABI firms to boost apprenticeships internships and job shadowing. Leaders cite talent shortages in IT advanced manufacturing health care and skilled trades and aim to prime Iowa's workforce pipeline.
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Des Moines
Kim Reynolds
Iowa Community Colleges
Iowa Association of Business and Industry
Iowa Alliance
Reynolds
David Zrostlik
Stellar Industries
Garner
ABI
Iowa
Zrostlik
Liang Wee
Northeast Iowa Community College
Peosia
Capitol Digest Mental Health Rally Follows 98-0 House Vote
Advocates from National Alliance on Mental Illness Iowa Hospital Association and Iowa Medical Society gathered at the Capitol following House passage of a broad mental health bill. They cited the online petition iowamentalhealth2018.org and urged swift action as a 73 percent poll showed public concern. Leaders described the vote as a starting point to save lives amid ongoing policy debates across civics testing bus rules teacher awards and education funding.
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Iowa House
National Alliance On Mental Illness
Iowa Hospital Association
Iowa Medical Society
Capito
Kim Reynolds
Huppert
Marion County
Jason Sandholt
Mary Neubauer
Clive Pare
Larry Loss
Sergei
Iowa Studen
Senate
U.S
Iowa
Jerry Behn
R-Boone
Herman Quirmbach
D-Ames
Abegan
House
Education Committee
Walt Rogers
Cedar Falls
Rogers
Department of Education
Legislative Administrative Rules Committee
Sandy Salmon
Janesville
Veterans Affairs Administration
Todd Prichard
Charles City
Prichard
Salmon
Richard Pates
Des Moines
Iowa Catholic Conference
Judge allows challenge of ag gag law to continue in Iowa
A federal judge refuses to dismiss a suit challenging Iowa’s 2012 ag gag law. The case argues the law violates First Amendment rights by chilling undercover investigations at farms and slaughterhouses. The plaintiffs include ACLU Iowa Animal Legal Defense Fund and other advocacy groups and journalists.
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Des Moines
Iowa
ACLU
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement
Bailing Out
Benji
Center For Food Safety and Public Justice
Rita Bettis
Coalition
Ag Gag
Animal Agriculture Indus
U.S
James Gritzner
Southern District of
Gritzner
Kamrar
Bar settles lawsuits from deadly 2016 crash in Des Moines
A West Des Moines bar known as Keg Stand settled multiple lawsuits tied to a 2016 wrong way crash near Waukee that killed four, including two Des Moines police officers. The insurer paid 300000 to resolve claims by victims’ families without admitting fault.
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Des Moines
Guy Cook
Keg Stand
Cook
Carlos Puente- Morales
Susan Farrell
Benjamin Beary
Knoxville
Interstate 80
Waukee
A.m. Beary
Tasha Nicole Hyatt
Council Bluffs
Beary
Ilowa
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Dave & Buster’s
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Des Moines Bureau
Sen
Jerry
Boone
Trish Mehaffey
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Trish.mehaffey
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