A look back at what’s been in the news in Iowa in the past week
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A look back at what’s been in the news in Iowa in the past week
This year’s first case was announced March 2, while in 2015 it did not appear in Iowa until April 20. With the disease being spread by wild birds, it could continue throughout the migratory season.
On one side are investors who want to deliver CO2 from Iowa ethanol plants to sequestration sites in other states. In an unusual pairing, they’ve been joined by some labor unions. On the other side, are “unusual bedfellows” — environmentalists, farmers, landowners and property rights advocates as well as opponents of large-scale farming and ethanol — calling for the Iowa Utilities Board to reject eminent domain for pipeline construction.
About 30 students came to the after-school rally Friday opposing a new Iowa law banning transgender girls and women in Iowa from competing in sports according to their gender identity.
The federal agency that monitors pipeline safety needs to update its rules for carbon dioxide pipelines given plans for 3,000 miles of new CO2 pipelines across Iowa and other Midwestern states, according to a new report.
After three attempts in four years to eliminate through legislative action academic tenure across Iowa’s public universities, lawmakers this year didn’t propose such a measure.
The trial for Joshua Conklin, who is charged with fatally shooting Randal Campbell in 2019 and then staging it to look like a suicide, had been set to start in May.
President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush will be honored for their humanitarian work in Africa at a fundraiser for the Hoover Presidential Foundation’s $20 million capital campaign to renovate the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum at West Branch.
Julia Cox, 56, and Roy Garner, 59, pleaded guilty to their roles in the September 2020 killing of Michael Williams, 44, of Grinnell.
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for capping the monthly cost of insulin. However, experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics Podcast: historic week in the Legislature, ballot challenges, and Trump “more likely than not” committed obstruction.
Republican wants to expand mental health services and recreational opportunities in county
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