Public K-12 schools in Iowa are in line for a 2.5 percent increase in state funding under a proposal that cleared the Iowa Legislature on Monday and is on its way to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk.
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Public K-12 schools in Iowa are in line for a 2.5 percent increase in state funding under a proposal that cleared the Iowa Legislature on Monday and is on its way to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk.
Iowa’s disaster proclamation in place since March 2020 will expire this week, shifting the state’s response to COVID-19 to mirror how it responds to other viruses such as flu. Local health officials emphasize that the end of the proclamation does not mean the end of COVID-19.
Sports betting in Iowa hit another peak in January, with more than $300 million bet in a single month for the first time, and is likely to continue climbing with big-ticket sporting events in February and March.
We fact check the Iowa Senate Democrats tweet: “@KimReynoldsIA is proposing a budget cut to the already underfunded Iowa State Patrol. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Republicans are literally the only ones proposing to defund the police.”
Opponents said proposal would diminish the ability of county conservation boards and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to acquire land.
Iowa, Colorado and New Jersey only recently opened their portals for pandemic aid, while some states that already accepted applications still haven't distributed funds.
Krebill, 59, started as a firefighter and paramedic for the department in 1991 and was just opening its second fire station. She worked her way up the ranks, from captain to district chief to deputy fire chief and then to fire chief in 2014.
Iowa is one of 46 states that in 1998 approved a settlement agreement with four major tobacco industry manufacturers over allegations tied to the public costs associated with tobacco-related illnesses.
With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow’s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis was closing
A district court judge has ordered the state of Iowa to pay a labor union representing state workers nearly $2 million in a five-year legal dispute centered on whether the state could continue to deduct union dues from state worker paychecks after a state law change in 2017.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt the new district maps, prepared by the nonpartisan state Legislative Services Agency.
But Republican thinks Iowans more concerned about other issues, like inflation
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