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 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government
The wife of a Woodbury County Supervisor has been sentenced to prison after being convicted late last year on 52 counts of voter fraud. Kim Taylor must serve four months in federal prison and four additional months on home confinement. Taylor is the wife of Woodbury...
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, Politics & Government
The top Republican in the U.S. House says he’ll push for approval of wartime funding for Ukraine when the House reconvenes in April. Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion who is a member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, today said...