Bill Dotzler has served in the Iowa Legislature since 1997 and the Iowa Senate since 2003.
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Bill Dotzler has served in the Iowa Legislature since 1997 and the Iowa Senate since 2003.
Data center developers would be required to prove their project would not cause “undue adverse effects” to Linn County’s water system before being allowed to build in rural areas under a draft zoning code headed to the county board of supervisors.
Iowa middle and high school students would no longer be allowed classroom instruction or school-sponsored programming that references sexual orientation or what state law defines as “gender theory” under legislation advanced Wednesday by Senate Republicans.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to Iowa on Jan. 27 to deliver a speech focused on the economy and energy, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles told reporters Wednesday.
Republican lawmakers are pushing legislation to keep offenders behind bars longer and expand Iowa’s sex offender registry, but corrections officials and advocates warn the proposals could worsen overcrowding, reduce parole supervision and create sentence-calculation errors that undermine public safety.
Also, proposed legislation would prohibit fire sprinkler requirements for townhouses
New state fundraising reports show Democrat Rob Sand received more than 8,000 donations in one day when he launched his gubernatorial campaign last May.
He said the legislation would balance the rights of landowners while creating new ethanol markets for struggling Iowa farmers as corn prices drop.
A Senate subcommittee advanced a Department of Administrative Services bill Tuesday to remove Iowa Code’s requirement for a State Historical Society research center in Iowa City, as lawsuits and a competing bipartisan House proposal seek to ensure the historical center remain staffed and open.
If Iowa’s 15 community colleges are allowed to start offering four-year bachelor’s degrees — as Republican lawmakers have said is necessary and likely to happen — some of Iowa’s 27 private colleges and universities will shutter.
Minnesota governor and Minneapolis mayor — both Democrats — say it’s a bullying tactic
The vote comes less than two weeks after the council voted 3-2 against the retention of longtime City Clerk Cynthia Stimson.
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