by Radio Iowa Contributor | Apr 17, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors has unanimously adopted an ordinance that would require a proposed carbon pipeline to be at least1600 feet outside of cities in the northwest Iowa county. Buffer zones also would be required around homes, schools, medical...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 10, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
A bill to give property owners resisting a proposed carbon pipeline a new legal option has cleared initial review in the Iowa Senate. It’s already passed the Iowa House by a wide, bipartisan margin. Senator Jason Schultz, a Republican from Schleswig, led a...
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...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 19, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
A House committee has approved a bill that outlines a new legal avenue for landowners who don’t want a carbon pipeline to run through their property. Representative Bobby Kaufmann of Wilton said it’s the fifth time the House has introduced a bill to...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 28, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra of Hull says the U.S. House will start voting tonight on a series of budget bills, but there’s no deal yet on a temporary spending plan that would avert a federal government shutdown at the end of this week....