Swisher voters approved a 1 percent local-option sales tax in a special election Tuesday.Voters approved the sales tax by 75 percent. The tax needed 50 percent approval to pass.
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Swisher voters approved a 1 percent local-option sales tax in a special election Tuesday.Voters approved the sales tax by 75 percent. The tax needed 50 percent approval to pass.
Oliver Weilein won the Iowa City Council special election Tuesday with 60 percent of the votes cast, according to unofficial results.
Sen. Carrie Koelker, R-Dyersville, said the salary is a barrier for young and low-income Iowans to serving in the Legislature, and a pay increase is needed to bring younger voices into the chambers.
After years of House Republicans taking the lead, Senate Republicans have introduced sweeping legislation that would address pipeline regulations and landowner rights
Nearly a year after Iowa saw historic flooding and tornadoes, legislation proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds would help fund and streamline the assistance process for rebuilding after natural disasters for impacted Iowans.
Lawmakers also advanced legislation that would lower the minimum age to purchase a handgun from 21 to 18 in the state.
The Marion City Council at its Thursday meeting will hold a public hearing on a partnership announced two weeks ago, with Dubuque-based developer Gronen, and the Kilbourne Group, based in Fargo, North Dakota, to refine ideas and develop a project for the former Marion library property.
Matt Whitaker, who was introduced for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as Trump’s NATO ambassador by U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, spoke more positively of NATO than have Trump and ally Elon Musk — who have questioned the value of the alliance to the United States.
The new legislation would make it a felony for any Iowa law enforcement officer who knowingly and intentionally fails to cooperate with federal immigration officials
The State of Iowa has agreed to pay $85,000 to the Cedar Rapids family of a 3-year-old boy who was bit in the ear by a bomb-sniffing K9 patrolling Kinnick Stadium during a home Hawkeye football game in September 2022.
The superintendent of the Johnson County Conservation Department for years took supplies and equipment from the department for his personal use and went on extended vacations without reporting them, according to court records.
A proposal being considered would have the Iowa high school athletics associations create committees designed to oversee and approve all conference realignments.
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