by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 26, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
The Senate Ethics Committee has tabled a complaint against the state senator who didn’t schedule a hearing for a House bill with new rules for carbon pipelines. Republican Senator Mike Bousselot of Ankeny used to work for Summit Agricultural Group and one of its...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 15, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
A coalition of groups is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the state law that banned smoking in most public places and urging lawmakers to do more. Threase Harms of the Iowa Tobacco Prevention Alliance says the Iowa Smokefree Act has helped thousands of Iowans quit...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 7, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
A state senator who’s proposed five different bills in response to proposed carbon pipelines says the current regulatory process is unfair to landowners. Senator Jeff Taylor says the bill most likely to pass would require that developers get voluntary access to...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 25, 2023 | News
Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is the new leader of the Des Moines based foundation that awards the annual World Food Prize. “I don’t intend to do this for a long time,” Branstad says, “but I intend to do it, say, at least for a...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 29, 2022 | News, Politics & Government
The State of Iowa spent nearly $3.2 million over a decade in defense of former Governor Terry Branstad’s attempt to replace the state’s Workers Compensation Commissioner. This month, state’s Executive Council approved the final payment of $371,000 to...
