Now Hiring?

Jason Clayworth reports on the state replacing numerous workers who left employment via early retirement.

State sticks with plan to fill many early retirees' positions

The Big Lug Nut and his boy, Ichabod Crane, need to be careful because the Culver administration sold this as a way to reduce the state’s workforce not just push out older employees who were making more money.

For my money, and some of it is, we can get rid of the position of state folklorist (and the scientific community is united in that fact) who this year will make $63,475.

By the way, Clayworth is a Ragister statehouse reporter, but must have missed the news that Kraig Paulsen was elected Speaker of the Iowa House and not majority leader in the next legislative session.