State Government

Seeks damages for 2019 DHS firing

Urban areas have a disproportionate share of job openings, according to data from Iowa Workforce Development analyzed by The Gazette.

As Iowa ends its participation in federal unemployment programs including the extra $300 per week in benefits, many job-seekers are facing difficult decisions.

State Auditor Rob Sand, who is considering a run for governor in 2022, was critical of the amount of funding going to the Terrace Hill fence versus Iowa’s correctional system.

Senate File 243 grew out of the death of Noah Herring, 15, of Tiffin, in Coralville Lake in April 2020. Although three teens and an adult were present, none of them called 911 and they withheld information about his disappearance, delaying the discovery of his body for four days.

Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday she will use some pandemic relief funds on a marketing campaign to persuade people to move to Iowa, a state that has a job surplus and has lifted COVID-19 restrictions more quickly than other states.

He has been with the state agency since 1992

Under the new law, schools are not allowed to teach certain “divisive concepts,” such at that the state is fundamentally racist.

The Iowa Department of Corrections will resume in-person visits for incarcerated individuals in early July, provided the offender is vaccinated against COVID-19.

The expense of child care is impacting low-income families who cannot afford it, the advocates say, and is keeping others out of the workforce.

Kris Karberg has been deputy warden at the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield, S.D., for three years. In his 28-year career in security, he spent 10 years providing private security overseas in Southwest Asia, Belize and Afghanistan, where he was a contractor for the U.S. State Department.

The Charles City lawmaker has served as leader of House Democrats for three legislative sessions