Senator questions printing of DOT notice in Spanish

Senate Republican Leader Ron Wieck of Sioux City says it appears the Iowa Department of Transportation broke the law by having a public hearing notice printed in the Sioux City Journal Thursday in both English and Spanish. A recent court ruling upheld Iowa's English Only law saying voter registration forms should not be printed in languages other than English.

Former Sioux City legislator and current Congressman, Steve King, filed the lawsuit over the voter registration forms. Wieck says the D.O.T.hearing notice looks like it breaks the law. Wieck says it certainly appears that the D.O.T. notice goes against that court ruling. Wieck questions the D.O.T.spending extra money to print the notice in Spanish when the department says it is short of funds.