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Speaker of the House Pat Grassley, R-New Hartford, speaks April 6 outside the State Capitol about a House budget proposal that would allocate an additional $20 million to the Department of Corrections. (Photo by Katie Akin/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The number of the day was $20 million. That’s how much House Republicans want to increase funding for the state prison system. Rep. … [Read more...] about Two weeks after Anamosa attack, lawmakers, union reps spar over prison funding