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Legislation requiring schools to include information about vaccine exemptions in communications about immunization passed the Iowa Senate Monday.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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3/6/24
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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 …
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3/6/24
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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.
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Brooklyn Draisey, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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3/6/24
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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.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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3/6/24
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Supervisors bought three Ford trucks from McGrath Auto, Hiawatha, which provided bids lower than Lindquist Ford, Bettendorf, and Stivers Ford, Waukee.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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3/6/24
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Council members voted to restrict future tobacco or vape stores to the city’s industrial areas.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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3/6/24
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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.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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3/12/24
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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.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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3/12/24
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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.
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Iowa Capital Dispatch
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3/13/24
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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.
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Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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3/13/24
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Long Grove could learn a lesson from Eldridge when considering a new utility board.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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3/19/24
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A nine-page letter from Eldridge council members states utility board members are unaware of their employees’ specific performance issues, and accuses utility manager Jacob Rowe of lying to members of both boards in public meetings.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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3/19/24
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A bill allowing state agencies to have annual audits performed by private accountants was returned without recommendation to the House State Government Committee by a subcommittee March 12.
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3/20/24
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House lawmakers approved legislation March 13 that would provide funding for schools to implement safety measures — including allowances for schools to pay for arming staff.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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3/20/24
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A bill that would prohibit Iowa food processors from using misleading labels on fake meat products was advanced by a House committee on Tuesday, ensuring it will remain viable after a legislative deadline this week.
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Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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3/20/24
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A new analysis of the federal government’s enforcement of animal-welfare laws has found that regulators penalize only 1 percent of the breeders who are cited for violations.
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Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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3/20/24
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The Iowa House passed legislation March 11 on local storm water and top soil regulation after the same bill failed the previous week.
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3/20/24
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Despite a slight reduction in expected incoming taxes, the Revenue Estimating Conference predicted Iowa will collect about $9.6 billion in the current fiscal year as Iowa lawmakers begin review of individual income tax cuts proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds and lawmakers.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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3/20/24
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School districts would be required to report to a state board if they take disciplinary action against licensed employees for “grooming” or abusing a student under a bill passed by the Iowa House March 11.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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3/20/24
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As lawmakers ended the second funnel deadline of the 2024 legislative session, many of the priorities laid out by Republican leadership at the beginning of the session remain in limbo – while many more were taken out of the running for consideration.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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3/20/24
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