‘Glide path’ calls for IPERS investing state surplus, with profits used to reduce taxes
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‘Glide path’ calls for IPERS investing state surplus, with profits used to reduce taxes
A proposal that stalled at the end of the 2023 legislative session is moving again, and this time appears headed for lawmakers’ approval
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources would be prohibited from purchasing any land through a competitive bid process under legislation proposed by Republicans in the Iowa Senate.
All three members of a House Judiciary subcommittee said they will not sign off on moving the bill forward, following roughly an hour of testimony from transgender Iowans, school safety advocates, attorneys and civil rights activists.
Republican Rep. David Young of Van Meter, an assistant Republican leader in the House, expressed skepticism about the bill’s future in the chamber,
An Iowa House subcommittee unanimously approved a bill to allow the Iowa Legislature to intervene in a permitting process of a pipeline or other energy project seeking to use eminent domain.
The Satanic Temple has filed a damage estimate putting the cost to replace the statute at $3,000. The group is also requesting $3,299.55 in restitution for “travel and security expenses” for “food, lodging, van rental, communications equipment and bullet proof vests that were a necessity in completing the task of removing our holiday display at the state capitol.”
Also, lawmakers advance a bill allowing families to monitor nursing home residents.
Civil rights and some business groups oppose proposal, citing ‘legal chaos’ and economic consequences.
Over the protests of immigrants and activists who filled Iowa State Capitol committee rooms this week, Republican lawmakers advanced bills that would put stricter limitations on undocumented immigrants.
Sen. Brad Zaun has pushed to ban the traffic cameras ever since he received a citation in 2011 after a camera captured his son speeding while driving the senator’s vehicle in Cedar Rapids.
Iowa Senate Democrats, meanwhile, unveiled a package of ‘reproductive freedom’ bills, while Republicans advanced bills regarding teaching human development and child support requirements.
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal received bipartisan support in its first legislative step; a Republican senator dismissed concerns over lack of transparency called for in the bill.
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