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The City of Davenport is taking the state auditor to court over an investigation into $1.9 million in settlements paid out to former city employees. more
A bill that would expand the time period in which deer can be killed to prevent damage to crops and trees did not get support from an Iowa Senate subcommittee on Monday. more
Eldridge city council and staff filed Freedom of Information Act requests to compel the city utility board to divulge text, emails, bylaws, and meeting recordings. more
Eighty-thousand Scott County property taxpayers will be mailed official tax hearing notices this month that local elected officials say will be impossible to understand. more
Council members voted to restrict future tobacco or vape stores to the city’s industrial areas. more
Supervisors bought three Ford trucks from McGrath Auto, Hiawatha, which provided bids lower than Lindquist Ford, Bettendorf, and Stivers Ford, Waukee. more
Iowa is poised to join states including Georgia and Utah in passing a state version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 2024 as House lawmakers sent the legislation to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Thursday. more
Scott County Legislative Forum reconvenes 10 a.m., Saturday, March 9 at Scott Community College, Belmont Campus, 500 Belmont Road. The entrance to use is the Welcome Center entrance between doors 4 … more
The Iowa House passed the Higher Education Reform Act, House File 2558 Feb. 28 on partisan lines, 56-39. As amended, the bill would cap tuition at 3% and freeze it for certain students’ four years of undergraduate studies and prohibit the creation of new administrator positions without Board of Regents’ approval. more
Legislation requiring schools to include information about vaccine exemptions in communications about immunization passed the Iowa Senate Monday. more
Iowa cities and counties could not enact guaranteed income programs under a bill passed Monday by the Iowa House. more
A joint meeting of three elected members of the Eldridge city council and two appointed utility board members disclosed reasons behind a simmering conflict that led to the threat of a lawsuit from the utility board. more
Eldridge utility board members say they are prepared to sue the city and council to keep longtime utility board chairman Brock Kroeger. more
Eldridge council members agreed Monday to contract with a new liability insurance provider after the city’s longstanding insurer declined to renew coverage due to concerns over the city’s claim history. more
A portion of the $44 million St. Joan of Arc Catholic school under construction in Bettendorf will be financed tax free under an agreement approved March 1 by Scott County supervisors. more
Eldridge electric customers can expect flat rates, and lower power rate adjustments in the next fiscal year. more
New Princeton police chief Freddy Almanza is patrolling in a new Ford pickup truck, bought by the city council. more
Scott County Auditor Kerri Tompkins is running again to continue serving the position she was appointed to fill a vacancy in June 2021, and won election in November of 2022. more
City Councilman Scott Campbell was recognized by the Park Board for his 17 years of service and dedication to Eldridge parks as a member and Chairman of the Park Board. more
Iowa’s “Republican trifecta is working for everybody,” Rep. Bobby Kauffman told about 45 observers at Saturday’s Scott County Farm Bureau legislative forum. more
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