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Editorial Roundup: Iowa

Jun. 24, 2024 12:33 PM EDT

Des Moines Register. June 23, 2024. Editorial: Iowa businesses and lawmakers ignore warnings on child labor and reap consequences Lawmakers and trade group leaders, and managers who kept teenagers on the clock late, all colossally misjudged how this would play out,...

Evers vetoes a Republican bill that would have allowed teens to work without parental consent

Apr. 08, 2024 12:03 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Monday vetoed a Republican bill that would have allowed 14- and 15-year-olds in Wisconsin to work without getting consent from their parents or a state permit. Evers vetoed the bill that passed the Legislature with all Republicans...