New law gives office more authority over police misconduct investigations
Democratic Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller meets Dec. 30, 2019, with journalists in his office in the Hoover State Office Building in Des Moines. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Democratic Linn County Supervisor Stacey Walker speaks Oct. 3 about the importance of voting and community leadership during the Black Men’s March in Cedar Rapids. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Democratic state Rep. Ras Smith of Waterloo speaks Oct. 3 during the Black Men’s March in Cedar Rapids. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette) / Associated Press
When cops pulled over Marquis Jones for loud music one afternoon in October 2017, the 27-year-old Black man got out of his car and ran.
A roundup of state government and Capitol news items of interest for Wednesday:
MORE STATE EMPLOYEE CONTRACT TALKS: The head of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 61 on Wednesday requested a 3 percent annual pay boost for each of the next two fiscal years for a unit of AFSCME-covered public safety workers eligible for expanded negotiations under Iowaâs 2017 collective bargaining law.
The unit includes motor vehicle enforcement officers within the state Department of Transportation and campus public safety officers at regent university campuses in Ames, Cedar Falls and Iowa City.
AFSCME President Danny Homan laid out the union proposal to a state negotiator during a Zoom call to open contract talks aimed at reaching a new two-year labor agreement beginning next July 1.
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