The park rangers union called the eviction of rangers a potential violation of its contract with the state because living rent-free in state-owned housing falls under the category of supplemental pay and is a mandatory subject of collective bargaining.
Biden’s State of the Union address is scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday. Shortly after his remarks are completed, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deliver the Republican response from Des Moines.
The Iowa House went two different directions Monday as it extended more local control to cities to deal with public nuisances, but took away local control from public and private schools, day care centers and colleges by prohibiting them from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations.
During her response to the State of the Union address at 8 p.m. Tuesday, experts expect Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to criticize Biden’s policies while touting hers in Iowa as examples of successfully balancing the pandemic against individual freedoms.
Although Iowans purchased over 2 million gallons of vodka through the ABD in 2021, it’s unclear how much was produced in Russia. Few brands imported to the U.S. are still produced in Russia.
Republicans tend to favor bigger, broader cuts, which they claim will turbocharge the economy. Democrats tend to favor more targeted tax cuts and credits aimed at middle-class or low-income people.
Based on announcements so far, at least 35 incumbents have announced they are retiring or running for a different office. In some cases, it’s House members running for Senate seats and vice versa. There are some incumbents running for either county or federal office.
A look back at what’s been in the news in Iowa in the past week
Sara Yedlik, a Benton County Democrat, is running to challenge the Republican incumbent in a House district covering most of Benton County and part of Linn County.
Elle Wyant, LGBTQ+ activist, is running for the Iowa Legislature from House 91 where there is no incumbent. The district covers Iowa County where she grew up and northwest Johnson County.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics Podcast: Gov. Kim Reynolds on the big stage and a Republican supermajority.
Not a formal investigation, but the attorney general will look at why the price of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer has increased 315 percent since January 2021, and other types of fertilizer have increased between 171 percent and 290 percent, according to the federal agriculture department.
Iowacoviddata.com will serve as a central source of Iowa COVID-19 data, intended to pull together in one place as much of the same information as the state health department previously gathered on its website.
Most Iowa workers would pay a 3.9 percent state income tax — a large reduction for the state’s highest wage earners and a modest decrease for low-income workers — under a new proposal that is likely to become law soon.
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