Residents can visit the Community Room at the Ladd Library, 3750 Williams Blvd. SW, from 4 to 6 p.m. May 1 for an update on the project. There are likely to be schematic drawings available to look at from architects.
Members of the House Ways and Means tax policy committee amended the bill to prohibit companies from collecting data on children under 18 without “verifiable parental consent.”
Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill to fund anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers, fund maternal and rural health care grants and provide state employees paid parental leave.
Average increase across Iowa was 22 percent, but assessors say property taxes will not increase at same rate.
The Cedar Rapids City Council is slated to sign off Tuesday on a $241,442.78 severance agreement with Police Chief Wayne Jerman after he turned 66 years old last month and aged out of his officer certification.
Eastern Iowa officials question whether the Department of Corrections should take over community-based corrections after missteps on parole decisions.
Federal funds will help with tree replanting, generators
“As a part of her top-down, bottom-up audit of victim assistance, Attorney General Bird is carefully evaluating whether this is an appropriate use of public funds,” Bird Press Secretary Alyssa Brouillet said in a statement. “Until that review is complete, payment of these pending claims will be delayed.”
Iowa is in a shrinking minority of states that do not offer coverage under Medicaid to new mothers for 12 months after they give birth, and lawmakers are not likely to extend the coverage this year.
Also, new website aims to connect veterans with jobs in Iowa
The Marion City Council unanimously voted Thursday to continue discussions surrounding a proposed ordinance that would allow the city to put up traffic cameras at certain intersections.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: School swatting calls, Iowa’s baseball bill, Reynolds’ birth control bill, eminent domain, K-12 education policy and more.
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