STATE NEWS
Hy-Vee introducing grocery cart sanitizing system
Oct 29, 2020 by Rick Watts
BY MATT KELLEY Iowa’s largest supermarket chain claims it’s the first in the nation to install an automated grocery cart cleansing system, an effort to calm fears about COVID-19. Hy-Vee spokeswoman Dawn Buzynski says the Sterile…
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Iowa public sector workers vote to keep union
Oct 28, 2020 by Rick Watts
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Nearly 30,000 public sector workers in Iowa have voted this month to have a union represent them in contract talks. A state law passed in 2017 requires unions for…
Iowa a 2020 battleground, too-close-to-call, swing state
Oct 27, 2020 by Rick Watts
BY O. KAY HENDERSON Iowa is again among the small group of battleground states that may decide this year’s presidential election. David Schultz is the author of “Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter” and he…
Miller-Meeks says US must prepare for a second pandemic
Oct 26, 2020 by Rick Watts
During a campaign stop in Oskaloosa Saturday (10/24) Marianette Miller-Meeks told the No Coast Network that it will be important to prepare for a second COVID-19 pandemic. "So that's (bringing) manufacturing back in the United…
Ag Secretary challenges FFA members to sign up for poll duty
Oct 23, 2020 by Rick Watts
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA NEWS - Two state officials are making an appeal to current and former Future Farmers of America members, urging them to consider being a precinct election official. There are nearly…
Iowa court ruling could block ballot requests
Oct 22, 2020 by Rick Watts
A split Iowa Supreme Court on Wednesday (10/21) upheld a new Republican-backed law that could bar county elections commissioners from mailing absentee ballots to thousands of people who omitted information on their applications. The 4-3…
Surge of Covid patients in Iowa hospitals continues
Oct 21, 2020 by Rick Watts
BY O. KAY HENDERSON The state’s coronavirus tracker shows more than 500 Covid patients are in an Iowa hospital today, a higher patient count than at any other time during the pandemic. An infectious disease expert…
Grassley says ‘going bigger’ on pandemic relief creates problems
Oct 20, 2020 by Rick Watts
BY O. KAY HENDERSON Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says the $300 billion coronavirus relief package Senate Republicans plan to vote on this week could be a starting point for negotiations. “Since we can agree on these…
U of I won't give in to demand from former football players
Oct 19, 2020 by Rick Watts
The University of Iowa said it would not pay a demand from eight Black former football players for $20 million in compensation for alleged racial discrimination they faced playing for the Hawkeyes. The university general…
Ernst & Greenfield debate
Oct 16, 2020 by Rick Watts
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst and Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield differed sharply about whether systematic racism exists and whether either had benefited from white privilege. The two candidates joined for their final televised debate Thursday (10/15)…
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