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New from : A major voter fraud indictment has been handed down in Sioux City, where the wife of a county supervisor is accused of taking advantage of the Vietnamese community to secure fraudulent votes
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New from : During a speech this week, Gov. Kim Reynolds claimed a 2017 law she signed to limit collective bargaining for public employees improved relations between workers and management. Labor representatives disagree.
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New from : Gov. Reynolds has introduced voucher legislation before, but this year’s bill is bigger, bolder, and more expensive.
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Just under 40 minutes until the first education subcommittee meeting on the governor's bill to create private school scholarships. The crowd in room G15 so far
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New from : Gov. Kim Reynolds asked for more funding for crisis pregnancy centers, but what do the facilities actually do?
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New from : An Iowa City-based "last mile" delivery service associated with Amazon will close early next month, laying off 62 workers
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New Legislator Profile from : Cedar Rapids' Sami Sheetz, the state's first Arab American lawmaker, hopes to bring more young Iowans like himself into state government
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Legislators are filing in for the first meeting of the Senate Education Committee. The meeting room is now down to standing-room-only
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New from : House Republicans introduced a bill today that would require school staff to out many LGBTQ students to their families regardless of their home situation. Co-sponsors include Speaker Pat Grassley.
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New from and : Democratic legislators say Gov. Kim Reynolds' speech started out divisive with a "I was right and they were wrong" theme, and also ignored many struggles facing Iowans
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New from : Meet another new legislator starting this week—Janice Weiner of Iowa City. In previous US Foreign Service roles, she was tasked with developing relationships with legislators across the political spectrum.
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New from : A major employer and manufacturing plant in Monona is closing its doors and laying off the remaining workers
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The workers on strike said the company wasn’t even offering what replacement workers are currently making.
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New from @amierrivers: The strikes at Case New Holland plants will continue in Iowa and Wisconsin as the UAW members vote down a proposed contract. Burlington workers accepted the deal overall, but Racine members voted enough against it.
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New from : Sweeping education reforms centered around private school vouchers is Iowa Republicans' "top priority," they vowed in the first day of session today.
Here's what everyone said:
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New from : The strikes at Case New Holland plants will continue in Iowa and Wisconsin as the UAW members vote down a proposed contract. Burlington workers accepted the deal overall, but Racine members voted enough against it.
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It's easy to keep expectations low, given what statehouse Republicans (who now have a supermajority in the Iowa Senate) have done in years' past to gut workers' rights.
But they could also do some good, like banning low-wage noncompetes & allow adoptive parents company leave.
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New from @amierrivers: Worker advocates are bracing for another round of GOP-backed bills that undermine working Iowans, but there's also some positive legislation they think has a shot.
Here's what those are:
iowastartingline.com/2023/01/09/iow
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New from : Worker advocates are bracing for another round of GOP-backed bills that undermine working Iowans, but there's also some positive legislation they think has a shot.
Here's what those are:
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New from : The first in our series of new legislator profiles—meet incoming Rep. Jeff Cooling, a Cedar Rapids electrician who wants to represent working-class Iowans' concerns at the Statehouse this year
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New from : A Northern Iowa facility that provides dementia care is closing tomorrow, laying off 48 workers and forcing families to look elsewhere.
Rescue Plan money kept the facility afloat for a while, but other funding didn't come through
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New from : Starting this week, insulin is capped at $35/month for people on Medicare. Many more Iowans would have benefited had Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst not blocked a further expansion
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New from : Marshalltown's Lennox will lay off 114 workers on January 16. Lennox is the city's third-largest employer.
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New from : Striking UAW workers in Burlington and Racine will vote this weekend on a new proposed offer from Case New Holland. They've been on strike since May 2.
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All four Iowa US House members have now voted for Kevin McCarthy for Speaker (as expected)
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Read our story to see the list of which other Iowa news outlets saw the fastest growth in 2022 (many independent outlets did quite well):
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Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), starting his 8th Senate term, is now the longest-serving Republican US Senator in history, eclipsing Orrin Hatch (Utah).
Grassley now 6th longest-serving US senator ever (Byrd, Inouye, Leahy, Thurmond, Kennedy)
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No one is covering labor and employment issues as frequently and as well as for Starting Line.
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News from the Burlington/Racine strike.
Let’s see how membership sees it. twitter.com/aaron_kennelly…
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Iowa's Nathan Blake one of the former Obama field organizers that took part in this reflection of Obama's 2008 Iowa Caucus win
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15 years ago today, our campaign won the Iowa caucuses. I’ll always be grateful to the people who organized across the state, and built the relationships that made it all possible.
I recently sat down with six organizers to talk about that time and what they’ve been up to since.
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ICYMI: They were called "essential workers" yet they were left out of many relief programs because of their legal status.
Here's how meatpacking plant workers in Iowa have organized to get federal relief to those who risked their lives:
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ICYMI: Starting Line was the fastest-growing news outlet in the state on many social platforms last year, and our overall Facebook engagements outpaced even well-established outlets like the Cedar Rapids Gazette
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New from : Iowa Starting Line was the fastest-growing news outlet in the state on Facebook in 2022, increasing our followers by 161%, and we also came in 13th overall for Facebook engagements and 9th in video views
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New from : After risking their lives during the worst of the pandemic, Iowa meatpacking plant workers, including many undocumented immigrants and refugees, are organizing to secure help for those essential workers from federal funds
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New from : Start planning your 2023 Iowa weekend getaways with this list of historic hotels to stay at:
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Cartoon Ty took a trip around Iowa, and we need your help to figure out where he went! Test your knowledge of Iowa with our new quiz, a fun twist on Where's Waldo:
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You know you share a home state with people like Ashton Kutcher, Shawn Johnson, and Herbert Hoover, but have you ever wondered what other characteristics you share with them? Take our quiz to find out which famous Iowan you are: iowastartingline.com/2022/11/10/qui
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“It wouldn’t have been possible without the Inflation Reduction Act, signed by President Joe Biden in August, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed in December 2021.” Jobs and economic boost, thanks to Dems.
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New from @n_hytrek: A shuttered wind turbine blade facility in Fort Madison will reopen thanks to federal legislation.
iowastartingline.com/2022/12/22/ano
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Do you think you know all the weird town names in Iowa? Test your knowledge with our quiz:
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New from : Graduate students used to flock to the University of Iowa for higher teaching wages. But their pay has since fallen far behind.
The local grad student union is fighting for a bigger cost-of-living raise:
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