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Wage Theft and Pollution Under Fire | Des Moines News
Nate Willems, Iowa’s Democratic Attorney General candidate, took aim at corporate misconduct and weak environmental enforcement at the State Fair, vowing to crack down on wage theft and hold polluters accountable. He unveiled plans for a new division to target employers who steal wages — something he’s already done as a labor lawyer — and criticized current AG Brenna Bird for issuing minimal fines to big polluters, hinting at a troubling link between those lenient penalties and campaign donations from the same companies. He spotlighted an ethanol plant in Shell Rock that allegedly dumped…
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