Across the country, when farmworkers arrive at employer-provided housing, they often face similar problems of dead smoke alarms, moldy rooms and empty first aid kits, according to Investigate Midwest’s review of more than 6,600 inspections of H-2A housing and migrant labor camps from 19 states.
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Immigrant workers and Catholic charities worry a package of bills being advanced by Iowa Republican lawmakers would criminalize and could lead to the closure of faith-based migrant shelters and civic engagement organizations to house or transport asylum-seekers.
Presidential choices could impact outcome of November election
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The prospect of legislative action on the projects this year is unclear.
Bill spurred by Davenport events also requires training for public officials.
Iowa’s funding for K-12 schools would increase by $147 million under a bill Iowa Republicans passed out of the House on Thursday.
State lawmakers honored the new all-time women’s basketball scoring leader as ‘one of the greatest collegiate athletes of all time’
Parents of students with disabilities, superintendents and educators had another chance to weigh in on a bill to change the funding and oversight structure of Iowa’s area education agencies during an Iowa House public hearing Wednesday
Iowa House Republicans have introduced two bills designed to spur economic development in rural Iowa.
The proposed bill would place more responsibility for bargaining units’ recertification with public employers; labor members and advocates call it a ‘union-busting’ bill
Critics say it would create more housing instability and weaken tenant protections.
Also, bill that would ban left-lane driving except when passing another vehicle gets bipartisan support in the Senate.
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