Iowa unemployment falls to 3.5%
Jan 26, 2022
AP - Iowa’s unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in December. Iowa Workforce Development says that is down from November’s 3.7% rate and reflected that 5,200 more people found jobs. The percentage of Iowans in the…
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Southern Iowa school district’s superintendent has died of Covid
Jan 25, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - The superintendent of a small, southern Iowa school district based in Humeston has died of Covid, two days after the death of his father. The Des Moines Register was first to report…
GOP-led legislature unlikely to pass corporate tax cut Reynolds proposed
Jan 24, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Key lawmakers say the Republican-led legislature is focused on cutting personal income taxes and the corporate income tax cut Governor Kim Reynolds has proposed isn’t part of their plans…
Iowa’s record 2022 corn harvest spurs rail car surge
Jan 21, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Iowa’s record 2021 corn harvest led to a significant increase in traffic on the rail lines that run through Iowa. “The car loads of grain in 2021 were…
Kaufmann tables 2022 discussion of eminent domain changes
Jan 20, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - The chairman of an Iowa House committee says after “careful consideration,” he’s decided now is not the time to change state law governing when property may be seized for…
A record 35,320 new Iowa business starts in 2021
Jan 19, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - State data shows a record number of new businesses were launched in Iowa last year. Iowa law requires documents to be filed when a new business is formed in…
Raising maximum staff-to-children ratios in Iowa day cares
Jan 18, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Advocates are raising concerns about regulatory changes that would increase staff-to-children ratios in Iowa child care centers. House Republicans have drafted a plan to let one employee oversee up…
New verification proposed for Iowans receiving government food, health care benefits
Jan 17, 2022
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR RDIO IOWA - Republicans in the Iowa House are considering changes to the application process for government food assistance and health care coverage through Medicaid. One bill would require the state to…
US Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Osceola, IA Taco Bell Overtime Dispute
Jan 17, 2022
The Supreme Court announced it will consider whether an hourly fast-food worker from Osceola, Iowa, who alleges that she was denied overtime pay, is required to take her proposed wage-and-hour class-action lawsuit against a large…
About 80% of soldiers in Iowa Army and Iowa Air National Guard fully vaccinated
Jan 14, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Benjamin Corell says the soldiers in his ranks are “a wealth of talent” for the state not seen since World War II, but during the annual “Condition…