Iowa researchers call state wage poor despite strong job growth
Three University of Iowa professors report Iowa remains wage poor with 47 percent of workers earning under $10 an hour and average pay at $26 035. They note low unionization, 12 ½ percent, and that most growing jobs pay under poverty level or just under 30 000 a year. Fisher, Gordon and Osterberg link income gaps to rising wealth concentration and urge attention to living wages. Fisher will speak at Hawkeye Labor Council picnic in Cedar Rapids.
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Rick Smith
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
Iowa Policy Project
Colin Gordon
Gordon
Policy Project
David Osterberg
Peter Fisher
Economic Policy Institute
America
Fisher
Kids Set Fire to Tires at Nixon Elementary Playground
Two young boys used matches to ignite recycled tire rubber at Nixon Elementary School in Hiawatha Saturday afternoon. The fire damaged wooden equipment and a plastic slide. no injuries were reported. Witnesses detained the youths until police arrived, then they fled toward Nixon Park as officers and deputies searched for them.
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Warelle
Hiawatha
Nixon
Vecessenor OS
Mark Powers
Chuck Allaire
Linn County
Allaire
Cedar Rapids festival lineup on Second Avenue bridge
Performers across Main Festival and Kidzone stages on Monday include The Party Time Band with Dave Franklin, Huey Lewis and the News, 38 Special, Dick Pratt Band, Cedar Rapids Symphony School Discovery Chorus, and The Diplomats. Hours run 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. with $7 admission, free for kids 9 and under and seniors 62 plus. Kid game wristband offers noon to 2 p.m. unlimited play on St Luke's Kidzone Inflatables.
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Second Avenue Bridge
Cedar Rapids
Yankee Grey
Don Boyle
Craig Erickson
Dave Franklin
D-Dog
Bbits
Johnny Kilowatt
Dick Pratt
Kidzone
Jean Blum
Mr. Nick
Donna
Rusty Jones
Cedar Rapids Symphony School
Discovery Chorus
Fulla Biscuits
Gazette Daily
St. Luke's Kidzone
Taste of Iowa faces heat as vendors adjust service
Vendors at the Taste of Iowa in Cedar Rapids serve from slow cookers or pause grilling to beat 9 plus degree heat. Joyce Quartermain of Al & Irene's BBQ shifts away from a portable grill while O’Maggie’s Pub also adapts. Organizers expect fifteen thousand daily attendees and provide free ice water and on site paramedics.
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Towne Lane NE
Quartermain
O’maggie’s
Jennifer Tibben
Second Avenue Bridge
Jennifer Partridge
Renaissance Group Inc
St. Luke’s Hospital
Linda Herren
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