Court complaint says Iowa’s newest Medicaid managed-care provider was selected in part because its chief executive officer is Iowa’s former Medicaid director.
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Court complaint says Iowa’s newest Medicaid managed-care provider was selected in part because its chief executive officer is Iowa’s former Medicaid director.
The governor, speaking to a gathering of 500 influential business leaders from across Iowa and the Midwest in downtown Cedar Rapids, pointed to a low cost of doing business in Iowa, a falling unemployment rate down to 2.7 percent and a record number of new business entities registered in the state last year.
Iowa OSHA has cited an Indianapolis construction company for safety hazards at the construction site of Cedar Rapids’ $49 million Banjo Block development.
Mike Gronstal, a former Iowa Senate majority leader, was let go by the Iowa State Building and Construction Trades Council as its Capitol lobbyist.
The company C6-Zero would be fined $95,711 — which is nearly $35,000 less than originally proposed — for worker safety violations stemming from a Dec. 8 explosion and fire at an Iowa shingle recycling plant
The Iowa Board of Massage Therapy issued an emergency order last week suspending the license of Abelardo “AJ” Rodriguez of Iowa City, citing a recent complaint.
As of Friday, hundreds more Iowans than anticipated have applied for a new state-funded private school financial assistance program, potentially costing the state $11.2 million more than lawmakers had budgeted.
On the podcast this week, Iowa Senate Democrats change their leader, Mike Pence makes it official in Iowa, presidential candidates roast and ride, and the latest on the Davenport downtown building collapse.
Senate Democrats are not commenting, but reports indicate the group was upset with Wahls over the recent firing of two longtime staffers.
Iowa will receive more than $1 million from a nationwide settlement with the maker of the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone.
The federal judge ruled that Florida had no "legitimate state interest“ for denying treatment for transgender patients.
A $1 million lottery prize won in Ames remains unclaimed after nine months, and the prize will expire after Sept. 6.
As Iowa struggles with a provider shortage, state and federal lawmakers seek to expand access to midwives to improve maternal health care.
Iowa has named Michelle Waddle, deputy warden from the Anamosa State Penitentiary, to become warden of the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville.
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