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Sheriff to pursue ethics complaint against Iowa’s new lieutenant governor

By Clark Kauffman - Iowa Capital Dispatch State Government Feb. 13, 2025 3:55 pm265d ago

On Dec. 16, Scott County Sheriff Scott County Sheriff Tim Lane filed a sworn ethics complaint against Chris Cournoyer, a former Iowa state senator from LeClaire, with the Iowa Senate Ethics Committee. The complaint accuses the Republican of harassment of a citizen, disclosure of confidential information, improper use of confidential information to further her own interests or those of another person, and improperly or illegally obtaining confidential information.

New year brings new laws and lower taxes in Iowa

Tom Barton State Government Jan. 2, 2025 1:10 pm307d ago

The start of a new year also means the start of new laws in Iowa, including a new and lower state income tax rate, new restrictions for those convicted of drunken driving and a new data privacy law.

Iowa postpones enforcement of vape registry law in response to lawsuit

Tom Barton

State Government Dec. 31, 2024 11:36 am309d ago

State officials have agreed to postpone enforcement a new Iowa law that would restrict vape sales in the state in response to a lawsuit claiming it is unconstitutional.

Iowa leaders remember Jimmy Carter, who put caucuses on the map

Tom Barton

Government & Politics Dec. 30, 2024 1:40 pm310d ago

Iowa leaders praised former President Jimmy Carter as a dedicated public servant and global humanitarian who used the Iowa caucuses in 1976 to propel the little-known peanut farmer turned Georgia governor to the White House — putting both him and Iowa in the national spotlight.

Iowa caucuses propelled Jimmy Carter on to the presidency

By Dick Hogan, - correspondent

News Dec. 30, 2024 7:34 am310d ago

‘Carter's success helped the Iowa caucuses, and the Iowa caucuses helped Carter’

U.S. homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

News Dec. 30, 2024 1:04 pm310d ago

The dramatic rise was driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday.

Data: City of Cedar Rapids public employee salaries for fiscal year 2024

John McGlothlen Salaries Dec. 27, 2024 4:00 am314d ago

Browse, sort or search city employee salaries.

Iowa City cancels Riverside Drive Pedestrian Bridge rehabilitation project

Megan Woolard Local Government Dec. 26, 2024 7:27 am314d ago

Iowa City is canceling a $1.3 million project that would have improved the Riverside Drive pedestrian bridge and spiral ramp at Iowa Avenue after no contractors bid on the project.

Pipeline owner joins lawsuit over Dakota Access route

By Mary Steurer - North Dakota Monitor

Crime & Courts Dec. 26, 2024 7:36 am314d ago

Iowa is among the states fighting lawsuit filed by Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

Governor sets date for Senate District 35 special election

Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau

State Government Dec. 26, 2024 10:13 am314d ago

Also in the Capitol Notebook: ‘Sweepstakes scam’ almost bilks Iowan out of $16K

Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates

Crime & Courts Dec. 23, 2024 1:32 pm317d ago

President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.

U.S. wins dispute with Mexico over genetically modified corn

Agriculture Dec. 23, 2024 11:34 am317d ago

U.S. growers, who had worried about the potential loss of the single biggest export market for U.S. corn, welcomed the decision, calling it “a major win.”