Iowa Senate Republican lawmakers advanced a proposal Tuesday that would allow Iowa to revoke public pension benefits from public employees convicted of felonies, while acknowledging the bill’s current language is overly broad and will require changes.
Iowa Senate lawmakers advanced a House-passed bill prohibiting eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines, with plans from a top Senate Republican to amend the legislation with his own proposed plan, likely extending a heated debate on the issue.
New Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Klimesh, R-Spillville, said he will take the lead and see the bill through its legislative process, a task that rarely is undertaken by leaders in either chamber of the Iowa Legislature.
A new report points to the growing gap between the amount of corn Iowa grows and demand for the crop, and suggests new pathways that could keep demand — and prices — up.
Iowa landowners could not be forced to accept a carbon dioxide pipeline on their land against their wishes under legislation approved Wednesday by the Iowa House of Representatives.
He said the legislation would balance the rights of landowners while creating new ethanol markets for struggling Iowa farmers as corn prices drop.
Republicans opened the 2026 Iowa legislative session with unusual urgency, pushing early on property taxes, carbon pipelines and higher education. But as lawmakers raced to show momentum, Week 1 also revealed internal GOP divisions — especially over how to deliver property tax relief.
House Republicans’ latest legislative proposal would ban the use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipeline projects
New Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Klimesh, R-Spillville, is introducing a new proposal in an attempt to break a 5-year legislative deadlock over eminent domain, carbon dioxide pipelines and landowner rights
Landowners opposed to a carbon sequestration project in Iowa have asked a state court to reconsider its decision to pause a lawsuit over the permit for the pipeline until state officials rule on a filed amendment.
Polk County judge ruled in favor of Summit’s motion to pause the case that landowners, counties and the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter filed in 2024.
A district court judge on Tuesday sided with a landowner group and found a North Dakota law related to underground storage of carbon dioxide to be unconstitutional. The case could impact a controversial pipeline project proposed by Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions.
During a radio town hall on conservative radio host Simon Conway’s show Tuesday night, U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks was asked by callers whether she supports Trump’s use of tariffs, with one caller saying Iowa farmers are ”hurting” from tariffs right now and are looking for places to sell their crops at a fair price.
After years of complaints, lawsuits and legislation against similar efforts, the Tallgrass Trailblazer Pipeline began operating in September with virtually no opposition.
A sustainable aviation fuel developer plans to shift its immediate investment from South Dakota to North Dakota, in part because of delays in the development of a multi-state pipeline by Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions.
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