Iowa property owners are off the hook for about $130 million in taxes they would have otherwise paid under an erroneous assessment formula, but local governments are left holding the bag under legislation signed into law Monday by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
While the proposal restates existing law, county attorneys worry it could enable the AG to undermine their work
Also, Senate axes retail birth control from health care bill
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: the latest from the 2024 campaign trail, and back at the Iowa Capitol the big topics include government reorganization and pipelines.
The House bill would require pipeline companies to obtain 90 percent of the miles along their proposed route through voluntary easements before being granted eminent domain authority.
Proponents of the legislation said it’s needed to help contain insurance costs for hospitals, and to help recruit and retain doctors, especially in rural areas of the state.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will create a new grant program for combating emerging contaminants in drinking water in small or disadvantaged communities. The program will be funded with $18.9 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
A proposal to fix a state error in how property taxes are calculated -- which cities, counties and other local governments say will leave them in a lurch -- is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk after House lawmakers passed the bill Wednesday.
Also, Gov. Reynolds says she will sign into law the caps on medical malpractice jury awards
Iowa law enforcement officials would be prohibited from enforcing federal gun laws and regulations, and state agencies could be fined up to $50,000 for violations
The proposal comes from the head of the state’s veterans affairs department after a trust fund for veterans’ emergency expenses ran out of available money last year
Iowa Homeland Security will pay more than $600,000 to replace firefighting clothing and equipment damaged in a Dec. 8 explosion and fire in Marengo after the company whose plant exploded refused to pay.
Measure would would remove the provision in Iowa law requiring schools to teach about “the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV” in grades seven and eight, making the instruction optional.
Blind Iowans expressed their concern with how Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposed realignment of state government will impact them and the state services that help them.
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