Iowa Senate Republicans voted Monday to approve their version of AEA changes, which more closely mirrors a proposal from Gov. Kim Reynolds. Now, lawmakers in the Senate and House must agree on which legislation to send to the governor.
Iowa Senate lawmakers advanced, for the second time, a bill that would protect chemical manufacturers from lawsuits over failure to warn consumers about potential adverse health effects. The bill is supported by Bayer, the manufacturer of Roundup.
The first-ever assessment of Linn County’s housing needs beyond the Cedar Rapids metro shows smaller, more rural communities within the county need 661 more housing units by 2040 and more home rehabilitation initiatives to keep up with population growth.
The state of Iowa will provide “contemporaneous” access to newly filed civil court cases to settle a lawsuit that accused the state of violating the First Amendment by delaying access to those filings, the Des Moines Register reported Monday.
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and that kills more than 40,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.
Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell said she was pausing final consideration of the ordinance “in light of new information.”
Also, the public is invited to comment on updates to Johnson County’s comprehensive plan
Officials in Johnson County are working on a plan to build a new county jail, after a structural conditions assessment last year found the current facility to be lacking.
Many of these beloved public spaces aren’t accessible to people with disabilities. In some cases, it’s because the parks were built decades before federal accessibility standards were enacted. But even some new state park features are not fully accessible, a former state official said.
Iowa City incumbent Elinor Levin draws primary challenger
This week was the second “funnel week” at the Capitol and with mere weeks left in this year’s session, Iowa lawmakers are likely to take up competing AEA bills, proposed tax policy changes, and bills that address school safety.
Iowa’s tax receipts will come in slightly lower than expected this year, but revenues will hold steady in 2025 according to the latest projections from a state panel that estimates annual revenue.
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