Also, a proposal dealing with state audits of government agencies passed out of the Iowa Senate.
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Also, a proposal dealing with state audits of government agencies passed out of the Iowa Senate.
Republicans say the proposal expands post-partum care for low-income Iowans who need it most, while Democrats say it expands care for some low-income Iowans at the expense of coverage for others.
The state has $26.8 million in funds from settlements from cases against major opioid manufacturers and retailers, and it’s expected to receive around $144 million over the next several years. Lawmakers’ proposed bills would govern how those funds are spent.
Iowa Senate Republicans advanced Gov. Kim Reynolds’ legislation that would accelerate previously planned state income tax reductions. But the top Senate Republican on tax policy said legislators, in the coming weeks, also will advance their own proposal, which includes an eventual elimination of the state income tax.
They were commenting at a public hearing on a proposed revision to Iowa Administrative Rules Chapter 65 -- which the Iowa Department of Natural Resources stripped of additional karst protections last fall after livestock owner groups expressed concerns.
After more than two years of investigation, a Traer woman was charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of her husband in their home. Her husband died from two gunshot wounds to his face.
Five Cedar Rapids officers fired 63 rounds at the driver of a vehicle after he led them on a high-speed chase while firing an AR-15 at them in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. A new report from the Linn County Attorney says those officers were justified in their use of deadly force.
An Iowa City man who was arrested in New Orleans in January after police believe he robbed a Cedar Rapids bank at gunpoint has been extradited to Linn County on robbery charges.
The Iowa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a dead body that was found Sunday morning near the picnic area of the Amana Lily Lake, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office.
A second worker injured in a 2022 explosion at a Marengo plant is suing the company, C6-Zero, and other defendants, including a politically-connected consulting firm that vouched for the company with state regulators.
Four birds — two red-tailed hawks, one Harris’ hawk, and one gyrfalcon — were killed in a fire Friday morning at the Iowa Raptor Project, a raptor conservation center in Solon, which is jointly sponsored by the University of Iowa and and Kirkwood Community College.
The Iowa City Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying a suspect in an attempted abduction Saturday near Oakland Cemetery.
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