by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 5, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Democrats in the Iowa House are raising concerns about the pending sale of a southeast Iowa fertilizer plant. Koch Industries plans to buy the Iowa Fertilizer Company near Wever for $3.6 billion. Representative J.D. Scholten of Sioux City says four companies already...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 2, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Senate Republican Leader Jack Whitver says he is personally opposed to a bill introduced in the Iowa House that would let 20% of House or Senate members force a vote on the use of eminent domain for proposed carbon pipelines. “That is giving the power to a...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 31, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
If a bill in the Iowa House becomes law, a group of legislators could force lawmakers to vote on whether the proposed carbon capture pipelines can get state government permission to seize property for the project. Twenty-one members of the Iowa House or 11 members of...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 31, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
The bill Governor Kim Reynolds has proposed to find out if foreigners are using a loophole to acquire Iowa farmland has cleared initial review in the Iowa Senate. Iowa’s secretary of state would be required to review land ownership records, to see if foreigners...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 11, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Two Republican presidential candidates appeared this morning at an annual event that was a flashpoint in the 2016 Iowa Caucus campaign. Eight years ago at the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit, then-Governor Terry Branstad announced he did not want Texas Senator Ted Cruz to...