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# Water Quality, Mental Health At Forefront In 2018 Iowa Legislature
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/water-quality-mental-health-at-forefront-in-2018-iowa-legislature-but-will-lawmakers-agree/
- Published: 2018-01-15T18:32:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T02:22:34.000Z
- Author: Jeff Stein
- Tags: Health, iowawatch, The Lead Story, Christopher Larimer, Iowa Democrats, Iowa government, Iowa Legislature, Iowa Republicans, water quality, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

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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.