by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 2, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
There are likely to be new limits on how much THC from hemp may be legally added to food or drinks sold in Iowa. A bill that’s passed the Iowa House and Senate closes what bill backers say are loopholes in a 2020 law that made it legal to produce, sell and...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 2, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Republicans in the Iowa legislature have voted to prevent city and county building codes that restrict what kind of siding can be used on the outside of homes. Senator Janice Weiner, a Democrat from Iowa City, said it’s a bill that benefits the vinyl siding...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 1, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
County officials could decide if property owners in their county may continue getting a tax exemption for land with timber or fruit trees on it under a bill in the Iowa Senate. The bill, which changes the state’s forest preserve program, won House approval with...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 29, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Republicans in the Iowa House have released an overall state spending goal for the next budgeting year that’s $82 million higher than Republicans in the Iowa Senate have proposed. It’s also $35 million than Governor Reynolds proposed in January....
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 29, 2024 | News
The Iowa House has voted to let landowners seek a court ruling now on whether carbon pipeline developers qualify for the government’s eminent domain authority to force unwilling property owners to let the pipeline on their land. “We’re faced with...