The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will narrow the definition of U.S. waterways — including wetlands, rivers and streams — that receive federal protections under the Clean Water Act.
LGBTQ Iowans shared a message of hope and perseverance in the face of legislative attacks against transgender Iowans during a rally Tuesday. About 150 people gathered in the Iowa Capitol Rotunda in a show of solidarity during LGBTQ Day on the Hill.
Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa House passes anti-SLAPP legislation
Marion Mayor Nick AbouAssaly this week celebrated a “decade of progress” in his annual State of the City address outlining recent and upcoming developments in the city’s public and private sectors.
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Also, Johnson County supervisors would be elected by districts, rather than at-large, under legislation passed by the Iowa Senate
Iowa lawmakers have advanced legislation that would allow Iowa courts to order treatment for individuals showing psychiatric deterioration when people can’t recognize they need help and are unlikely to seek it on their own.
A new congressional bill aims to improve fisheries and environmental quality in the Mississippi River basin with a federally funded commission.
Also, Marion City Council approves incentives for Uptown housing project
A group of Des Moines firefighters and their family members filled a legislative committee room last week at the Iowa Capitol, hopeful that this will be the year lawmakers pass legislation to expand medical coverage for firefighters who develop cancer on the job. While a House bill passed unanimously through committee, the Senate bill was removed from a committee agenda.
An Iowa nursing home run by an out-of-state company with a long history of regulatory violations has been hit with $64,750 in state fines tied to 28 state and federal violations
For the past three years, the Iowa Long-Term Care Ombudsman’s Office has called for an increase in the “personal needs allowance” that Medicaid beneficiaries receive while in nursing homes. The last increase was 24 years ago.
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