Governor Reynolds says “in light of the situation surrounding the former superintendent of Des Moines public schools,” all state government departments hiring employees will soon start using federal systems that verify whether an applicant is eligible to...
A member of the government efficiency group Governor Reynolds appointed this spring is apologizing to other committee members for comments he made last month about teacher pay and the IPERS pension plan for state and local government employees. “It seems some of...
A rally at the Iowa Capitol later this morning is one of over a thousand “Workers Over Billionaires” events planned around the country. The head of the country’s largest teachers union will speak at the Des Moines rally. Joshua Brown, president of...
The coop that owns the Kemps dairy plant in Le Mars and the Teamsters Union have reached a tentative agreement and the strike at the plant that began late Thursday afternoon ended at 8 p.m. Friday. “There’s been a good, fair deal proposed on the table for...
Union workers at the Kemps dairy plant in Le Mars are on strike. The employees voted a week ago to authorize a strike and gave Kemps until Wednesday to make a new contract offer. Adrian Macias, recording secretary and organizer for Teamsters Local 554, said Kemps made...
