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University of Iowa seeks labor law advice for employees working outside state

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The University of Iowa is seeking help to ensure compliance with other states’ labor and payroll laws and practices for employees working outside Iowa, as the campus approves more remote-work arrangements amid COVID-propelled …

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U.S. Supreme Court to hear Iowa case regarding Taco Bell overtime and arbitration

Des Moines Register: A onetime Taco Bell employee from Iowa is taking her fight against her former employer to the U.S. Supreme Court. The nation’s highest court agreed in November to hear the case of Robyn …

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Urbandale Water Utility votes to join Des Moines in taking steps toward regionalization

Des Moines Register: Members of the Urbandale Water Utility voted unanimously Wednesday to join Des Moines in its decision to begin taking steps to create a regional water utility. The vote moves the process of regionalization …

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Drake University to start semester online as omicron cases climb

Des Moines Register: Drake University students will start the first two weeks of their spring semester remotely because of possible classroom disruptions from climbing COVID-19 cases. Drake’s first scheduled day of the semester for most students …

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Des Moines Register to end home delivery on Saturdays

Des Moines Register: The Des Moines Register announced it will end home delivery on Saturdays and instead will provide subscribers with a full digital replica of the newspaper that day. The new model means subscribers will …

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Iowa has the most COVID cases since November 2020, nearing record pace

Des Moines Register: COVID-19 continued its omicron variant-fueled surge across Iowa over the past week, according to data released today by the Iowa Department of Public Health. There were 31,748 new cases of COVID-19 reported over …

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Polk Supervisor McCoy denied seat on boards amid county government infighting

Des Moines Register: Four Polk County supervisors have decided not to appoint the fifth, Matt McCoy, to any boards or commissions in 2022 in an ongoing battle over alleged dirty politics and lack of transparency in …

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Iowa to pay nearly $1M over alleged sexual harassment by female DHS supervisor

Des Moines Register: A social worker at the Iowa Department of Human Services will receive nearly $1 million from the state in a legal settlement of an allegation of sexual harassment at the hands of a …

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ADM proposes an Iowa carbon-capture pipeline, bringing state’s total to three

Des Moines Register: Archer Daniel Midlands Co. said Tuesday it had reached an agreement for construction of a pipeline that would be used to capture and sequester carbon emissions from its eastern Iowa ethanol plants. It …

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UI Hospitals and Clinics to seek regents approval for expansion plan

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will seek Board of Regents approval this week for a long-term plan to construct three buildings as part of a wider effort to modernize facilities and replace old infrastructure, …