Businesses speak out against eliminating workforce training program

By: Brooklyn Draisey

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: March 4, 2026

Words: 1,192

Last Updated: 6 days, 11 hours ago

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Representatives from higher education and business expressed concerns with Iowa lawmakers during a subcommittee meeting Wednesday that eliminating the funding stream for a workforce training program would hurt businesses looking to grow in Iowa.

Aaron Warner, CEO of information security and privacy firm ProCircular and former chief information officer at Integrated DNA Technologies, told the House Ways and Means subcommittee that the Industrial New Jobs Training (260E) Program has been a crucial tool in keeping …

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