Articles Tagged: Capitol Notebook

House Republicans’ latest legislative proposal would ban the use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipeline projects

Iowa Sen. Art Staed, D-Cedar Rapids, will propose legislation banning a Chinese-manufactured pesticide, saying he believes it could be linked to Parkinson’s disease, which he is battling.

A former Baxter police chief is charged with theft and misconduct in office

The state agency described the proposed bill as ‘first-of-its-kind, comprehensive legislative package designed to support Iowa farmers’

Also in the notebook, Gov. Kim Reynolds establishes a task force on nuclear energy in Iowa

Iowa Methodist Medical Center-UnityPoint, in Des Moines, will receive the Medicare funding to support 2.92 additional positions

A $200,000 state grant will help support NewBoCo’s development of the Iowa Aviation Technology Center, the state’s economic development agency announced Friday.

Iowa’s congressional delegation has introduced resolutions in the U.S. House and Senate honoring two Iowa National Guard members killed in a weekend terrorist attack in Syria.

Members of Iowa’s congressional delegation will travel to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday alongside President Donald Trump to attend the dignified transfer of the two Iowa National Guard soldiers who were killed in an attack in Syria.

New numbers show Iowa’s jobless rate fell slightly in September, though more Iowans remain unemployed than a year ago. State officials are also seeking proposals for a federally backed effort to boost rural health care access.

An Iowa-led coalition is urging a federal court to halt an IRS rule requiring nonprofits to submit donor lists, citing privacy risks and past data breaches. Plus: USDA unveils updates to crop insurance, Iowans are asked to weigh in on lake restoration plans and Iowa’s public pension system’s funded ratio topped 92 percent.

The Iowa Insurance Division is warning of scam calls from individuals claiming to be representatives of Medicare plans, requesting Social Security numbers over the phone.

A special investigation by the Iowa State Auditor’s Office found Crossroads Behavioral Health Services mishandled or misused more than $180,000 in federal and opioid settlement funds. Meanwhile, a state partnership with Ancestry.com has digitized over 1 million Iowa historical records at no taxpayer cost.

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is rolling out new victim assistance tools and has joined a multi-state push to scrutinize a major rail merger. Plus, Iowa lands $82 million for cleaner transit vehicles, and state economic officials approve new business aid and community projects.

The federal lawsuit, which is similar to a state lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump, was dismissed on First Amendment grounds.