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DMACC to host panel discussion on health care reform
A panel of eight experts will hold an informational session on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its impact on Iowa’s small to mid-sized employers.

February 20, 2012
Doctor shortage in Iowa will blunt health reform's effect
About 11 percent of Iowa residents currently live in federally designated primary-care shortage areas. Physicians tend to cluster in areas where supply is already high rather than where the need is greatest.

February 20, 2012
Accountable Care Organizations and Collective Farms
The Accountable Care Organizations will be the medical version of Soviet collective farms. The Affordable Care Act must be repealed before it has a chance to ruin the best medical care in the world.

February 20, 2012
Supervisors question Public Health during budget discussion
The Marion County Board of Supervisors held a budget meeting with the Marion County Public Health Department this afternoon, which prompted one supervisor to ask several questions of how the department does business.

February 17, 2012 1 Photo
IEDA assisting $1.3 billion investment in the state

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board today awarded financial assistance to four companies for job creation and expansion projects. Today's awards will assist in the creation of 254 new jobs, retention of three jobs and will account for $1.3 billion of new capital investment to the state.

February 17, 2012 1 Photo
Another View
On today’s tough issue I’ve read a lot, talked to others, and talked to myself. Now I’ll throw it out to you – let’s talk.

February 16, 2012
Obama's farm labor rules are bad for Iowa

This week Governor Branstad, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey and Senate Republicans commended the United States Department of Labor after learning that the department has begun to reconsider onerous regulations about youth working on farms.

February 9, 2012 1 Photo
Grassley statement on cameras in the courtroom
Sen. Chuck Grassley delivered these prepared remarks today, regarding cameras in the Supreme Court.

February 9, 2012 1 Photo
Jim VanEngelenhoven's Weekly Review
Various legislation is being considered that will continue to focus on jobs, savings, and certainty for job creators and all Iowans. The following bills have passed the House this Session and sent to the Senate for consideration relative to these goals:

February 9, 2012
Obama to announce No Child Left Behind waivers
President Barack Obama will announce today that ten states that have agreed to implement bold reforms around standards and accountability will receive flexibility from the burdensome mandates of the federal education law known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB). In exchange for this flexibility, these states have agreed to raise standards, improve accountability, and undertake essential reforms to improve teacher effectiveness. The ten states approved for flexibility are Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.

February 9, 2012
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