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Midwest Week: What Did the Iowa House & Senate Accomplish

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published April 28, 2017 at 8:02 AM CDT
state of Iowa

Collective bargaining, gun rights, and school funding are just a few of the issues debated by the Iowa legislature this year. And on Midwest Week, a look at what happened.  

Herb Trix's guest is Erin Murphy, bureau chief in Des Moines for Lee Enterprises.

You can also hear Midwest Week Fridays on WVIK at 6:20 pm during All Things Considered. 
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Government Erin MurphyLee EnterprisesIowa Legislatureschool fundingIowa SenateIowa Houseabortiongun rightsstate workers
Herb Trix
A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.
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