The council took no formal action during the meeting but asked city staff questions and heard from the public. Mayor Chris Hoffman said the city will continue to communicate with residents as discussions progress.
The county supervisors included $1 million for Kirkwood tuition assistance in the latest round of ARPA allocations this fall
Summit, as well as representatives for CO2 pipeline companies Wolf Carbon Solutions and Navigator CO2 ventures, argued the materials, which the Iowa Utilities Board requested in July, were preempted by federal law.
Her move follows similar bans in other states and coincides with much broader legislation introduced Tuesday in Congress that would ban all transactions from any social media company in or under the influence of China and Russia and others.
“You don’t often get the chance to reprogram 130 acres in the middle of your city,” council member Tyler Olson said of the effort to craft a greenway plan to transform the 130-acre space along the west side of the Cedar River.
A District Court judge on Monday rejected Gov. Kim Reynolds’ request to reinstate a blocked law that would ban abortions once a fetus’ heartbeat can be detected. Reynolds immediately announced her intention to appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court.
The board will meet in closed session with legal counsel on Tuesday to discuss the proposed ordinance. Other Iowa counties’ carbon pipeline setback ordinances have been met with legal challenges.
Monday’s agreement with CVS and Walgreens brings the total national amount of opioid settlements based to more than $50 billion. Iowa will receive a total of about $320 million over the course of 18 years, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office said.
The impacts of climate change hit communities across the country, yet voters in rural communities are the least likely to feel Washington is in their corner.
The bill requires the federal government to recognize marriages regardless of the sex and race of the couple. It does not require states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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“It has been a lonely process,” said Scott Brennan, the only Iowan on the DNC rules committee and one of only two members to vote against the proposal.
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