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After traffic-stop video goes viral, Newton police sue citizen for ...
WEBOct 2, 2023 · Two police officers whose traffic-stop video went viral and sparked a false-arrest lawsuit are claiming defamation and invasion of privacy.
Iowa launches merged Health and Human Services department
WEBAug 31, 2022 · The Iowa Legislature voted to merge two state departments into the new Iowa Department of Health and Human Services in 2022.
Nursing home owner says fire-safety issue triggered evacuation
WEBAug 30, 2024 · The owners of the Aspire of Donnellson nursing home say a fire-safety issues resulted in the evacuation of the facility earlier this week.
U.S. House votes to legalize marijuana, but Iowa lawmakers remain ...
WEBApr 8, 2022 · The U.S. House passed a bill last week to decriminalize marijuana, expunge convictions and create a framework for the legal sale of recreational pot. But the bill’s chances in the U.S. Senate are slim – and the prospect of state-level decriminalization in Iowa is even less likely, lawmakers said. Rep. Steven Holt, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, said Iowa Republicans were not ...
Fertilizer killed more than 750,000 fish in Nishnabotna
WEBMar 27, 2024 · A fertilizer spill this month in southwest Iowa killed nearly all the fish in a 60-mile stretch of river with an estimated death toll of more than 750,000, according to Iowa and Missouri conservation officers. That is the biggest fish kill in Iowa in at least a decade and the fifth-largest on record, according to state data.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs AEA changes ... - Iowa Capital …
WEBMar 27, 2024 · Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a measure making changes to Iowa's AEA systems, increasing teacher salaries and funding K-12 schools.
Gov. Kim Reynolds signs $100 million property tax cut into law
WEBMay 4, 2023 · Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a property tax cut into law Thursday that lawmakers say will save Iowans $100 million.
Report: Iowa produces the most factory farm waste in the country, …
WEBSep 24, 2024 · The report says Iowa must enact a moratorium on new factory farms, stop the expansion of “industry scams like factory farm gas, ethanol, and carbon pipelines” and pass the Clean Water for Iowa Act, a bill that was introduced in the House last year, but never advanced. Iowa is most heavily concentrated in hog operations, but the maps from the same report show some counties with severe ...
Reynolds signs major tax cuts into law - Iowa Capital Dispatch
WEBMar 1, 2022 · Surrounded by dozens of Republican lawmakers, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a major tax cut into law Tuesday afternoon, securing a legislative priority hours before delivering a national address Tuesday night. Republicans reached a compromise on the package Thursday, passing a final deal through the House and Senate in a one-day sprint.