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Lawsuit: Pizza delivery workers’ net wages total 35 cents an hour in Iowa

Iowa Capital Dispatch: A lawsuit alleges that by shortchanging its Iowa delivery drivers on mileage reimbursement, Domino’s Pizza is effectively paying those workers 35 cents an hour. Alexia Stevens, a former Domino’s driver who worked for …

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Iowa joins 10 states in lawsuit challenging new federal vaccine rule for large employers

Des Moines Register: Iowa has joined 10 other states and a handful of private, nonprofit and religious employers in suing the Biden administration over its vaccination requirement for businesses with 100 or more employees. The rule, …

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Buyer backs out of $3.1M Des Moines Social Club sale; building back on the market

Des Moines Register: The Des Moines Social Club’s buyer has backed out of the sale. Matt Abbott, a Kansas City, Mo.-based developer, had been in a due-diligence period before a deadline to close on the $3.1 …

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Polk County officials work to open sobering center

Axios Des Moines: Polk County leaders want to open a sobering center for people facing addiction in the metro, Angela Connolly, chairperson of the county board of supervisors, told Axios this week. A sobering center is …

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Former U.S. Rep. Neal Smith, who represented Iowa for 36 years in Congress, dies at 101

Des Moines Register: Neal Smith, Iowa’s longest-serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died Tuesday at the age of 101. His family confirmed his death today. The Altoona Democrat served in the House from 1959 …

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UAW members reject second contract proposal from Deere, strike continues

Des Moines Register: Deere & Co. employees will remain on strike after the United Auto Workers rejected a second contract offer Tuesday. Members across Iowa, Illinois and Kansas voted against the proposal, 55%-45%, continuing the strike …

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Alliant Energy plans Iowa’s largest solar, battery facility at Palo site

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Alliant Energy plans to file a proposal today with the Iowa Utilities Board to buy a large-scale solar project near Palo from NextEra Energy and further develop that project into the state’s largest …

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Iowa OSHA fines Postville poultry processor Agri Star after explosion

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa OSHA has fined Agri Star Meat & Poultry plant in Postville $28,415 for violations found after a February explosion that injured two employees. The state cited Agri Star for four serious violations …

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Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie travels to Scotland for climate summit

Des Moines Register: The federal government may have taken a hiatus during the Trump administration from the global effort to fight climate change, but Mayor Frank Cownie says Des Moines and hundreds of other U.S. cities …

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Deere makes new offer to striking UAW; union vote set for Tuesday

Des Moines Register: Deere & Co. employees in Iowa will vote on a new six-year contract on Tuesday, potentially ending a strike that began 2½ weeks ago. Company executives ponied up after 90% of United Auto …