Palmer Campaign: Republican Party Mailing Misrepresents Facts on Minimum Wage to Voters of House District 75
Contact: Mark Langgin
319-290-8780
mlanggin@iowademocrats.org
(Oskaloosa, IA) – Recent mailings distributed by the Republican Party of Iowa on Representative Danny Carroll's behalf are misrepresenting the facts about Representative Carroll's record on the minimum wage in the state of Iowa.
Iowa's minimum wage earners haven't seen an increase in pay since 1997. Currently, Iowa minimum wage earners make $5.15/hour. A minimum wage earner working...
WisBusiness: Rural counties seeking to reinvent selves
By Gregg Hoffmann
WisBusiness.com
VIROQUA – Like many rural counties in Wisconsin, Vernon County is faced with “re-inventing” itself in years to come.
The traditionally agricultural county, often ranked as one of the poorest in the state, is changing. The pace of those changes, directions in which to go and new economic possibilities were all discussed at the first...
WisBusiness: PSC approves $32 million refund for power company customers
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
Falling natural gas prices have prompted the state Public Service Commission (PSC) to approve a $32 million refund for electric customers of Wisconsin Electric Power Company, a subsidiary of We Energies.
In the past 12 months, the price of natural gas at the wellhead has plummeted 47 percent, energy analysts report.
Charlie Higley, executive director...
