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Illinois will increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. A couple southeast Iowa lawmakers do not expect their state to follow suit.Iowa’s minimum…
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State Senator Rich Taylor (D-Mt. Pleasant) believes Iowa's Medicaid system is failing because of the decision to privatize it and that it could take…
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A pair of southeast Iowa politicians announced their re-election plans Monday.State Senator Rich Taylor (D-Mt. Pleasant) said in an email to Tri States…
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Iowa Terry Branstad announced more than six months ago that he wanted to close the mental health institutes in Mount Pleasant and Clarinda. He kept his…
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Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds declined an invitation Thursday to visit a mental health care facility in southeast Iowa, saying there was not time in her…
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State Senator Rich Taylor (D-Mount Pleasant) is surprised that one of the bills he sponsored this year is not sailing through the Iowa Legislature.The…
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Southeast Iowa is already experiencing the potential fall-out from the proposed closing of a state-run facility.Governor Terry Branstad included no money…
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State Senator Rich Taylor (D-Mount Pleasant) said he could not believe what he was hearing when Iowa Governor Terry Branstad spoke to lawmakers about his…
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Lee County's budget for the upcoming fiscal year has proven to be the latest battleground for the debate over returning driver's license services in…
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The Lee County Board of Supervisors has made some initial decisions regarding the county's upcoming budget, but there is still plenty of work to do.The…