State Government

A new state law requires an Iowa registered voter’s status to be moved from active to inactive after failing to vote in any general election

The Iowa Public Information Board issued the advisory opinion this week after a question was posed by the Benton County Attorney’s Office

Also, Iowa’s unemployment rate holds steady for a 4th straight month

Iowa would use federal funding to expand the state’s newly created summer food assistance program for low-income families under a proposal from Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ administration.

Also, Gov. Kim Reynolds announces awards to Iowans whose homes were damaged by flooding and tornadoes

November brings the first general election in Iowa under a new state law that gave exclusive jurisdiction over prosecuting elections crimes to the Iowa Attorney General’s Office

Also, the Iowa DOT dedicated $9.3 million in state and federal funds to the state’s Aviation Program

Summit Carbon Solutions cannot negotiate yet for easements for its planned pipeline expansion but has obtained some from another company.

In addition to the usual logistical challenges of putting on an election, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and county auditors are dealing with added issues like a shortage of poll workers on Election Day, and misleading or outright false information being delivered to voters.

Thirty-two percent of Iowa’s nursing homes already meet all three of the new requirements set to phase in over five years under a Biden administration rule – a significantly higher percentage than the national average of 19 percent.

School districts would not be required to arm staff. Rather, the new law provides requirements for those districts that choose to do so.

The federal rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would make people who arrived in the United States as children, sometimes known as Dreamers, eligible for taxpayer-subsidized health plans under the Affordable Care Act.