State Government

Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa House passes anti-SLAPP legislation

Also, Johnson County supervisors would be elected by districts, rather than at-large, under legislation passed by the Iowa Senate

Iowa lawmakers have advanced legislation that would allow Iowa courts to order treatment for individuals showing psychiatric deterioration when people can’t recognize they need help and are unlikely to seek it on their own.

A group of Des Moines firefighters and their family members filled a legislative committee room last week at the Iowa Capitol, hopeful that this will be the year lawmakers pass legislation to expand medical coverage for firefighters who develop cancer on the job. While a House bill passed unanimously through committee, the Senate bill was removed from a committee agenda.

An Iowa nursing home run by an out-of-state company with a long history of regulatory violations has been hit with $64,750 in state fines tied to 28 state and federal violations

For the past three years, the Iowa Long-Term Care Ombudsman’s Office has called for an increase in the “personal needs allowance” that Medicaid beneficiaries receive while in nursing homes. The last increase was 24 years ago.

State lawmakers hit the 2025 session’s first ‘funnel’ deadline, which revokes the eligibility of bills that did not reach a certain approval threshold.

With the first legislative deadline passed, Iowa legislators’ focus will shift to include more tax and fiscal policy considerations

Also, Republicans advance anti-'chemtrail' bill

The legislation would phase out the rollback and cap the revenue that local governments are allowed to collect.

Iowa lawmakers this week hit their first ‘funnel’ deadline, which eliminated from further consideration any bills that did not receive a prescribed level of support.

Iowa’s Summit Carbon Solutions says ‘all options are on the table’ for taking legal action