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Iowa lawmakers pass 1,500-page plan to reshape state government. Who wins, who loses:
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIowa lawmakers have approved a massive plan to reshape and consolidate state government in an effort...
Take it from me: Iowa is not a good place to have a disability
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAs the sole permanently disabled representative in the Iowa Legislature, I feel an enormous...
Senate passes Kim Reynolds' bill to overhaul Iowa agencies. Which will lose positions?
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIowa senators have approved a massive bill to reorganize the state's government, shrink the number...
Worker shortages top concern for Iowa's largest employers, survey shows
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoThe latest quarterly report by the Iowa Business Council takes a bullish view of the state’s economy...
Iowa History Month: How Kenneth Jernigan transformed life for Iowans with blindness
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 3 months ago“… the real problem is not the blindness but the mistaken attitudes about it. These attitudes can be changed, and we are changing them. The sighted can also change. They can be shown that we ...
Iowa officials who guard against discrimination sue state for discrimination
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrom 2017 until May 2021, the state of Iowa had two disability hearing officers, officials charged...
Her husband, in same Iowa state job, was paid much more. So she sued ― and won
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA woman hired for her husband's former state government job, only to be paid much less than he and his remaining male colleague, will receive a six-figure settlement in her ensuing sex discrimination ...
Learn workplace inclusion at disability awareness training
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMany businesses work to create an inclusive workplace, but how well do they actually do it? Chad Pratz with the Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services Area Office spoke with Our Quad Cities ...
Perry Piecemakers present Quilts of Valor to nine veterans
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNine more veterans received Quilts of Valor through two Veterans Day presentations. The Perry...
District officials discuss TAP with school board
Ottumwa Courier, Iowa via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 24—OTTUMWA — The Ottumwa Community School District over the past year has tended to the needs of its special education students, but felt there might have been a shortcoming when it came ...
