It appears all of the work done in Lee County to raise the minimum wage was for naught. Thursday afternoon Iowa Governor Terry Branstad signed house File 295 into law preempting counties and cities from enacting their own minimum wage. During Tuesday’s final minimum wage reading, Supervisor Gary Folluo stated that the board was aware that the state may preempt their work but that didn’t deter the board. Governor Branstad […]
A Tama County man has admitted to illegally taking a deer. Sixty-one-year Ralph Ray Rozevink of rural Tama County, pleaded guilty February 22nd to shooting a doe from the highway in southern Marshall County in December of 2016. State Conservation Officer Brett Reece had investigated and charged him with one count of shooting a deer […]Powered by WPeMatico
After five years of lobbying, the “Iowa Army of Pink” has won its battle at the statehouse. “This is the day I’ve prayed about for so long and I can’t believe it’s finally happening,” Bridget Pargulski of Johnston said today. She’s part of the group that’s been asking legislators to force health care providers to […]Powered by WPeMatico
The American Red Cross is holding blood drives today in Council Bluffs and Omaha in honor of a southwest Iowa man. Fred Wilson is one of the people who was shot — and survived — after a gunman opened fire in December of 2007 in a department store at Westroads Mall in Omaha. Wilson says […]Powered by WPeMatico
The effort to plug leaks at the Iowa capitol is underway. Experts suspect the golden dome of the historic statehouse was struck by lightning a few years ago and it cracked the mortar underneath. Moisture has been seeping side. Last spring legislators set aside $10 million to fix the problem, but the project was delayed so […]Powered by WPeMatico
More than a dozen horses, said to be living in “horrendous conditions,” were rescued from two south-central Iowa properties in recent days. The Animal Rescue League of Iowa said it rescued four horses from a property in Indianola Monday evening after 10 horses were removed from a property in New Virginia Friday. In the New […]Powered by WPeMatico
Alliant Energy has filed a request with the Iowa Utilities Board to increase its electric rates by 11.6 percent. The president of Alliant Energy’s Iowa utility,Iowa Power and Light, Doug Kopp, says the company has not raised electric rates for six years. “Over that period of time we’ve made significant investments, including the grid and […]Powered by WPeMatico
The state teacher’s union filed a lawsuit today challenging the new state law that restricts contracts talks for most public sector workers to a single subject: their base salary. “Our goal is that this bad legislation is set aside and that the common sense law that was in place is back in place,” Iowa State Education […]Powered by WPeMatico
Despite the threat of a filibuster by Democrats, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley predicts U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch -will- be confirmed to the nation’s high court, likely before the weekend. Grassley is the Republican who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee which voted Monday on party lines to recommend Gorsuch to the full Senate for […]Powered by WPeMatico
