Proponents said the bill will help short-staffed child care centers have more flexibility to fill gaps, allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to cover breaks and nap times and assist in the care of more children.
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Proponents said the bill will help short-staffed child care centers have more flexibility to fill gaps, allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to cover breaks and nap times and assist in the care of more children.
Beth Goetz plans on “staying as long as President Wilson will have me,” she said Tuesday at her introductory news conference as Iowa’s permanent athletics director.
The bill comes as Iowa nursing homes face heightened scrutiny after multiple reports in the last year of deaths, abuse and neglect at long-term care facilities.
Iowa Republican lawmakers advanced a series of bills Tuesday intended to crack down on the distribution of obscene material to minors online by criminalizing some AI-generated porn, enhancing penalties for providing pornographic materials to minors, and requiring some businesses and social media platforms to verify users’ age.
Proponents said the legislation would make housing more affordable, but critics argued it would drive long-term costs higher for taxpayers
Also, Iowa auditor Rob Sand released a report suggesting middle- and lower-income Iowans have a higher property tax burden than high-income wage earners
Shares of the company tumbled 24% Monday.
An attorney for two former Iowa State University football players charged with sports betting violations says Iowa investigators’ use of geofencing software on at least one university campus amounted to a “warrantless search” that invaded students’ privacy.
The Cedar Rapids airport now has 19 non-stop destinations, up from 13 when the previous record was set in 2019.
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