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Republicans currently hold 64 seats in the Iowa House to Democrats' 36. And the GOP has a supermajority of 34-16 supermajority in the Iowa Senate.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in an occasional series of articles about issues that are likely to return for debate in next year's session of the Iowa Legislature.
Low wages drive high turnover among direct care staff, advocates said.
Robin Opsahl covers highlights from ten spending bills that allocate about $8.9 billion for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
In their final days of the 2024 legislative session, Iowa lawmakers approved $8.9 billion in state spending for the upcoming year, financing the state government and public services. Most of those decisions now await a thumbs up or down from the governor. Appropriations bills included funding for topics discussed often this session, like increasing pay […] The post Here’s what lawmakers approved in Iowa’s $8.9 billion budget and what they cut appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.