Q&A: Summit, utilities board answer reader questions about …
Oct 7, 2024 · Summit Carbon Solutions recently finished a round of mandatory public information meetings in Iowa counties that will be affected by the second phase of the company’s proposed carbon pipeline. Despite the lengthy and widely attended meetings, some community members said they were unsatisfied with answers from Summit Carbon representatives.
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Bohannan says 1st District voters play large role in future of …
Oct 11, 2024 · The state Supreme Court in June allowed enforcement of Iowa’s law prohibiting most abortions after fetal cardiac activity can be detected, which typically occurs around six weeks of gestation. The law has some exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother but bans the vast majority of abortions in the state before most people are aware they are pregnant, reproductive advocates say.
Des Moines lawyer appeals disciplinary recommendation
Oct 7, 2024 · The Grievance Commission of the Supreme Court of Iowa, which hears disciplinary cases brought by the Attorney Disciplinary Board, is recommending that the court suspend for 30 days the law license of Carmen Eichmann of Des Moines. The board has alleged that Eichmann violated seven professional standards in her representation of one client when ...
Iowa environmental groups seek to intervene in 'swampbuster' …
Oct 10, 2024 · The lawsuit deals with a 9-acre area out of a 72-acre parcel owned by CTM Holdings LLC in Delaware County, that was designated a wetland by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Iowa-based company, which rents its land to Iowa farmers, wanted to farm the 9-acre strip but “swampbuster,” or the Wetland Conservation Compliance provisions of ...
After traffic-stop video goes viral, Newton police sue citizen ...
Oct 2, 2023 · An Iowan whose online video of an allegedly unwarranted police traffic stop generated 2 million views is now being sued by the arresting officers for defamation and invasion of privacy.
Iowans will decide on two constitutional amendments in …
Sep 15, 2024 · The change would codify in the state constitution that 17-year-olds are allowed to vote in primary elections if they will be age 18 by the general election, in addition to modifying the voting age from 21 to 18. These voting age regulations are already in practice under state law, but would simply be added to the state constitution if voters approve the measure in …
More than 50 Iowa nursing homes have agreed to repay taxpayers …
Oct 4, 2024 · More than 50 privately owned Iowa nursing homes have agreed to reimburse taxpayers for $13.9 million in unpaid fees owed to the state. In August, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported that records obtained though the state’s Open Records Act showed that 49 Iowa nursing homes owed the state more than $10.7 million in fees the state had so far failed to collect.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs AEA changes, teacher ...
Mar 27, 2024 · Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday signed into law her top priority for the 2024 legislative session: a bill making changes to Iowa’s Area Education Agencies. Surrounded by Republican lawmakers and joined by school superintendents and other stakeholders, Reynolds signed House File 2612 into law, the day after the Senate passed the measure ...
Iowa launches merged Health and Human Services department
Aug 31, 2022 · The state spent two years working to combine the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Department of Human Services (DHS), according to a news release. The process was finalized with legislation passed during the 2022 session. The new department officially formed July 1. While the merger is new, the two departments already worked ...