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While disagreeing with the Biden administration's plan to mandate vaccines or testing, business organizations in Iowa say Iowa’s new law puts employers at risk of facing federal penalties and could worsen the workplace shortage.
Plan didn’t address all of Republicans’ concerns, but both parties agree it meets the requirements of Iowa law and state constitution.
Iowans who lose their jobs for refusing to comply with an employer's COVID-19 vaccination requirement would still be able to collect unemployment benefits under legislation passed Thursday and headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds for her expected signature.
The Iowa Legislature will convene Thursday for its second special session in a month to consider another plan for redrawing boundaries for the state’s legislative and congressional districts.
Lawmakers will consider a second round of proposed maps for the state’s decennial redistricting process.
Prison “lifers” Denise Rhode, Gary Bear, Otis Jenkins and Jerry Osborn applied for commutation and cleared the first hurdle when the Iowa Board of Parole unanimously recommended the governor consider reducing their sentences to a period of years, making them potentially eligible for eventual release.
“I think one of the problems is social media can be helpful but it's no substitute for what regular journalists do,” he said, adding that it concerns him that some people use social media to circumvent the news media,“ the Cedar Rapids Democrat said.
Overall, infections at nursing homes in Iowa dropped 9 percent over two weeks.
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The plan by the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency reconfigures the four congressional districts, splitting Linn and Johnson counties, and creating three districts with a nearly equal number of counties while reducing the number of counties in the west-northwest 4th District from 44 in the first plan to 39.
The second plan for proposed 2021 redistricting maps were released Oct. 21 for Iowa’s congressional, House and Senate districts.
A state agency on Thursday will release a second set of maps revising Iowa’s four congressional districts and legislative boundaries as redistricting moves to the next phase of the process.
Unemployed Iowans would be required to meet weekly with state case managers, conduct twice as many weekly work searches and undergo audits to prove they're actively looking for work under a new proposal announced Wednesday by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
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