by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 30, 2011 | Business, Education, Politics & Government
Lawmakers spent most of Wednesday grinding away on just a couple of issues, delaying the final adjournment of the 2011 legislative session until sometime today. They’re close to the deadline for approving a state budget plan, as the new state budget year begins...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 29, 2011 | Education, Politics & Government
After a protracted stand-off over state spending on schools, the two political parties have agreed to a status quo level of state aid to K-12 public schools for the school year that begins this fall. However, the agreement calls for two percent more in per-pupil state...
by Matt Kelley | Jun 29, 2011 | News
An animal rights group today released undercover video depicting livestock abuse at an operation owned by the state’s largest pork producer. Nathan Runkle, executive director of Mercy for Animals, says the footage was collected over three months at an Iowa...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 29, 2011 | Business, Politics & Government
It appears six months of negotiations over property tax reform have failed and the 2011 legislative session will conclude within the next 48 hours without action on the issue. Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley says it’s an “unfortunate” turn of...
by Matt Kelley | Jun 29, 2011 | Crime & Courts, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Weather
Now that a federal disaster declaration is in place for a half-dozen flooded western Iowa counties, federal officials fear scammers will turn up among the water-logged homes. Dave Lentell, spokesman for the U.S. Small Business Administration, says Iowans need to be on...