A key Iowa Republican state lawmaker said the bill is being shelved this year while legislators work to better understand its potential impact
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A key Iowa Republican state lawmaker said the bill is being shelved this year while legislators work to better understand its potential impact
Internet giant Google was named in documents Thursday as the company behind the potential new $576 million data center in Cedar Rapids’ Big Cedar Industrial Center.
Developer Steve Emerson has submitted a proposal to repurpose the site that once housed the Ambroz Recreation Center into multifamily housing possibly leveraging federal disaster recovery funds. Proposals have to be reviewed, so no decision is final yet.
Proposal would give more time for new pumps
Also, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has asked the courts to require TikTok to raise its age rating in app stores
Neighbors raise concerns about environmental impact, health
Cedar Rapids' police chief joined other law enforcement officials in the state in advocating support for proposed legislation that would regulate the use of automated traffic enforcement cameras on interstates and highways across the state.
Iowa law enforcement officials will be allowed to arrest and order the removal of an immigrant who entered the U.S. illegally under a bill House lawmakers sent to Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday.
The Iowa House has passed bills the last two sessions limiting the scope of eminent domain for carbon capture pipeline projects, but they have not received hearings in the Senate. The latest attempt in the House advanced out of a committee Tuesday on a 23-0 bipartisan vote.
Also, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird dropped a lawsuit after the federal government cleared the year-round sale of the E15 blend of ethanol
It seeks to clarify role of campus police handling protests
With the higher education landscape still challenging small private colleges and universities regionally and nationally, Iowa lawmakers this session proposed a measure to make sure the state has more involvement, interaction, and information about any future closures like Wesleyan’s.
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