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Water Quality, Mental Health At Forefront In 2018 Iowa Legislature

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Water Quality, Mental Health At Forefront In 2018 Iowa Legislature
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Priorities at the 2018 Iowa General Assembly that started in Jan. 8 will clash, state legislative leaders said. Even when they don’t clash, there’s a question of how the state will pay for programming.

At least agreement exists that two topics — water quality and mental health care — should get a lot of attention in the first part of the session, this IowaWatch Connection radio report explains.

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