by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 14, 2021 | Agriculture, News
The U.S.D.A. is rolling out a new insurance option designed for producers with small farms who sell locally. It’s called the Micro Farm Policy and it simplifies record-keeping and covers post-production costs like washing and value-added programs. Iowa Farmers Union...
by Dar Danielson | Jun 14, 2021 | Crime & Courts, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
A former Council Bluffs man will spend up to two years in prison for insurance fraud. The Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau says an investigation found 54-year-old Billy Joe Sams, who now lives in Bellevue, Nebraska submitted a false claim in 2020 to his insurer...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 23, 2021 | News, Politics & Government
A bill that has cleared the Iowa Senate would set up a new January hunting season for deer, but only in counties where all the state licenses for harvesting antlerless deer were not sold. The bill would let deer hunters use long-barrelled rifles during that period....
by Dar Danielson | Apr 22, 2021 | Crime & Courts, News
The ACLU of Iowa has filed a third lawsuit seeking to strike down the state’s denial of Medicaid coverage for transition-related surgery for transgender Iowans. The group’s legal director, Rita Bettis Austen, says this lawsuit makes the same argument against the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 20, 2021 | News, Politics & Government
For a second time this year, the Iowa House has voted to require insurance companies to provide equal reimbursement rates for in-person and virtual mental health services. The insurance industry opposes the move and it stalled in the Senate. House members voted to...