State Government

Iowa homeowners are losing their coverage as some insurance companies have pulled out of Iowa. As climate change produces more extreme weather, insurers are losing money on the claims that result from the more frequent hail, windstorms, tornadoes and derechos.

Also, the Iowa DNR has put out an ‘urgent plea’ for bat surveyors to help this month in Tama County.

The building it razed was the former Crestview Acres Nursing Home at 1485 Grand Ave. in Marion.

Nearly six years after a University of Iowa Cambus slipped on icy roads in Coralville and veered into the oncoming lane, hitting another vehicle and injuring the woman inside, the state has agreed to settle a resulting lawsuit for $68,000.

Also, Iowa Supreme Court issues new guidance on courthouse security

Max Villatoro was removed from the United States in 2015, despite Eastern Iowa protests and 40,000 signatures from people around the country who didn’t think the Mennonite pastor and father should be deported. Now Villatoro is legally back in Eastern Iowa.

Summit Carbon Solutions has proposed new public informational meeting dates for 23 counties that would span about four weeks.

Iowa’s governor and all-Republican congressional delegation said in a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor that their offices have received “numerous reports from small business owners who have been subject to investigations and excessive penalties by the U.S. Department of Labor.”

Beginning today, a California law will require credit card networks like Visa and Mastercard to provide banks with special retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores in order to track their sales. But in 17 states — including Iowa — Republican lawmakers have passed measures prohibiting a firearms store code or limiting its use.

Iowa restaurants are facing fines up to $180,000 for letting teens work longer hours than permitted under federal rules.

But ruling notes 'serious concerns' about law’s vagueness

Abortion is legal in Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later, while Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota have abortion bans similar to Iowa’s.