Cities and County Move to End Domestic Partner Benefits
Iowa City and Johnson County move to drop extended health insurance for unmarried domestic partners of gay and lesbian employees after Iowa Supreme Court allows same sex marriage. Policy ends next summer with union contracts. county deliberations underway.
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Gregg Hennigan
Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County
Iowa Supreme Court
Eleanor Dilkes
Iowa
Lora Shramek
County Human Resources
Iowa Hog Confines Transform Industry and Spark Debate
Orlan Love reports how Iowa, the nation’s top hog producer, uses confinement buildings for over 19 million pigs annually. Farmers like Todd Wiley cite efficiency and low costs, while neighbors complain of foul air and lifestyle loss. Regulators call confinements environmentally friendlier than open lots, but critics demand tighter rules.
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Orlan Love
Gazette
Iowa
Todd Wiley
Walker
Department of Natural Resources
Iowa Sierra Club
Steve Veysey
State budget crisis may drive big political change
Iowa faces a severe fiscal crisis with Gov. Culver cutting his salary and urging department heads to follow. The administration embraces Republican cost-cutting ideas like selling the state vehicle fleet. Analysts note across the board cuts symbolize shared sacrifice while risking essential program impacts.
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James Q. Lynch
the Gazette
Iowa
Chet Culver
Donald Moynihan
la Follette School of Public Affairs
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Moynihan
Culver
Postville Saturday trial documented by ORG-TV9
Fire at a bakery building on 112 Lawler St in downtown Postville drew 14 departments to battle the blaze. Firefighters worked past 6 p.m as residents and officials rallied, with investigators probing a store as the fire’s origin.
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Justin Foss
ORG
TV9
Postville
Lawler St
Mike Kruckenberg
Aurel Ohloff
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