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The line of succession plan for when an Iowa governor is no longer in office would be clarified under a proposed amendment to the state constitution.
The records, requested by the Iowa Capital Dispatch in April 2021, pertain to an auction that was staged last year to benefit Des Moines Christian School.
Iowans’ income from retirement programs would no longer be taxed by the state under a legislative proposal from Iowa House Republicans.
Prison barbers don’t have a license when they cut other offenders’ hair and they often aren’t training under a licensed instructor, but barbering apprentices outside the prison system must have licensed instructors. One Des Moines barber says it’s not fair.
To Alex Glenn, the director of human resources for Generation Next child development centers and preschools in Ventral Iowa, the best way to address what stakeholders have called a child care “crisis” is both simple and expensive. “I know this answer’s not going to appease a lot of people, but it’s money,” Glenn said.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics Podcast, Biden, one year in; Reynolds rolls in cash; a river runs through the Hinson-Mathis contest.
Iowa governor says she’s “going to run like I'm 10 down” despite $4 million lead in fundraising.
Responding to increased consumer demand for custom meats, the Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded 15 grants Friday to small-scale meat processors.
Laura Palmer, of Des Moines, created the design painted on the Muscatine water tower in 2020 after the city of 23,700 won a contest sponsored by the Iowa Finance Authority. This year, she’ll create the art for the Runnells water tower.
“I want to get it right, so we we're looking at the language to make sure it does what the intent was to do (because) really what we’re trying to do is not tax retirement income,” Gov. Kim Reynolds said while at Van Meter in Cedar Rapids.
The state public health department estimates that deaths in Iowa due to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, rose from 31 percent of all overdoses in 2016 to 87 percent in 2021.
A proposal increases the number of two-year-olds one care center staff member can watch.
Local governments or law enforcement officers who enforce federal gun regulations would be subject to $50,000 fines under a legislative proposal advanced Wednesday by Iowa Senate Republicans. The proposal, which Senate Republicans have titled the Second Amendment Preservation Act, would nullify any federal gun regulations that exceed Iowa state law.
Attempts in previous years to add requirements for Iowans who receive public benefits like Medicaid and food assistance failed to pass both chambers in the Iowa Legislature. A renewed effort is under way this year, with a new approach: Instead of pushing for just one or two big bills addressing public assistance programs, statehouse Republicans have broken the myriad proposals into a slew of bills running separately.
The Iowa City Area Business Partnership annual meeting will feature University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson. Register now!
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