Wages debate over Iowa minimum wage uniformity and change
Democrats argue for raising Iowa's statewide minimum wage from 7.25 to 10.75 by 2019 to avoid a patchwork of county rules. GOP leaders oppose. bill moves to the Senate as lawmakers weigh impacts on 65,000 workers and county ordinances already in effect.
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Brian Meyer
D-Des Moines
Linda Upmeyer
Clear Lake
House
Meyer
Amy Nielsen
North Liberty
Landon
Iowa
Chet Culver
Johnson County
Linn
Polk
Wapello
Branstad
Mary Gaskill
D-Ottumwa
Gaskill
GOP
Midwest
Iowa Senate
Australian man charged in Justin Bieber impersonation case
A 42 year old Australian man formerly with Queensland University of Technology faces 931 sex offense charges involving at least 157 victims worldwide. Police say he posed online as Justin Bieber to lure minors, with victims in the United States Australia and other nations. He is due in court in April.
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Justin Bieber
Queensland
Queensland University of Technology
Gordon Douglas Chalmers
Jon Rouse
BBC
United States
Australia
Rouse
U.S. Homeland Security
Chalmers
Health plan changes worry Iowa hospitals and patients
Kaiser reports 36 percent of enrollees under 35, 37 percent aged 35 to 54, and 27 percent 55 or older. Iowa hospitals fear Medicaid block grants or per capita caps will shift costs and harm over half a million Iowans. AMA and Iowa Medical Society warn coverage may decline and access could suffer despite prior expansion and care access gains.
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Kaiser
Scott McIntyre
Iowa Hospital Association
American Medical Association
Clare Kelly
Iowa Medical Society
AMA
Kelly
Iowa
Hospital Association
McIntyre
Districtwide gains in early reading program cited by Iowa officials
Waterloo schools reported one of Iowa’s largest gains, nearly 15 points, in early reading benchmarks under a program screening kindergarten to third grade three times yearly. More than 60 percent of 398 districts saw improvement with 53 districts posting double-digit gains. officials say data point to sustained growth and better targeting of interventions.
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Waterloo
Jane Lindaman
Education Department
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Williamson
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