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Mental health and disability services throughout a nine-county area in East Central Iowa will get a $5.47 million boost after a regional board on Thursday approved spending down much of its end-of-budget year surplus.
Iowa Democratic lawmakers have implored Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to apply for federal assistance to help provide food for Iowa school children during summer break. For the summer, families in participating states with children eligible for free or reduced lunch during the 2022-23 school year will receive up to $120 per child.
The Iowa City Police Department has implemented majority of the recommendations outlined in the 2020 plan to restructure the department toward community policing. The police chief said the plan is “just a start” and now is an opportunity for council to weigh in on next steps.
Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the resignation in a news release Thursday. Reynolds said she has appointed McKenzie Snow, the current deputy secretary of education for Virginia, to replace Aldis as director of the department.
Under a condition of one settlement, the courts will resolve any future open records disputes with the plaintiffs — two Iowa news organizations and an advocacy group for government transparency — over the course of one year.
While increasing blending volumes overall by raising the level for advanced biofuels, the new rule includes lower mandates for corn-based ethanol in 2024 and 2025 than the EPA had initially proposed.
An engineering consulting firm will conduct a facility condition assessment and present findings to the Iowa City Council later this year. The firm will also offer a recommendation if City Park Pool should be repaired or completely replaced.
The city of Cedar Rapids is working on a five-year plan to upgrade 55,000 water meters throughout the city. The meter and meter-reading equipment replacement will make the technology more efficient and allow most to be read digitally, allowing staff to more quickly access the data.
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Iowa's health and human services agency has hired a consulting firm to study ways to boost service delivery following the merger of the state’s former public health and human services departments.
Also, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds embarks on a 2-week trade mission to Italy, Kosovo and Israel.
Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland increased from $81 million in 2010 to $1.87 billion in 2021, the USDA reported.
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