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.
The federal appeals court ruling overturns a lower court’s injunction that had paused the 2023 law
Also, state inspects food vendors, games and rides at Iowa State Fair
Food insecurity in Iowa has put growing pressure and strain on food banks and pantries across the state.
Appeals court Judge Mary Tabor was elected as the new chief judge to replace Thomas Bower who retired in July. Tabor has been a judge on the court since 2010.
Iowa Republicans hammered Vice President Kamala Harris and her selection on Tuesday of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate for the White House. Picking Walz over Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, was “blatantly antisemitic,” Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann said.
Its insurance company has already paid about $1.4 million, and further penalties are possible after an explosion in Marengo.
Also, a new disaster proclamation has been issued for counties impacted by July 29 storms
Local elected officials and community advocates stood next to a 20-foot inflatable IUD used as a symbol as part of a national campaign to protect the right to contraception amid a growing partisan clash over reproductive rights in the United States.
Some lawmakers and environmental groups seek reconsideration of permit.
Beverage producers in Iowa have launched new cannabis-infused drinks after a federal judge last month refused to block enforcement of a new state law restricting the THC potency in consumable hemp products.
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