The governor’s call to raise state taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products and impose a new 15% sales tax on vaping products and consumable hemp products has narrowly failed in a Senate Committee. Republican Senator Kara Warme of Ames, chair of the Health...
A bill that would let Iowa cigar bars sell liquor could be debated in a senate committee this week. Chuck Ripley owns The Cigar Social USA shop just off I-80 in Davenport and he’s urging lawmakers to pass the bill. “We’re a high end premium cigar...
Some of Governor Reynolds’ health policy agenda is outlined a bill that’s cleared a House subcommittee. The bill calls for Iowa doctors to complete an hour-long nutrition education course and it would ban some food dyes and additives from school meals. Jon...
Governor Kim Reynolds is proposing new taxes and tax hikes on smoking products that she says are a key factor in Iowa’s high rate of lung cancer. “National statistics say that 80% of lung cancer is caused by tobacco and when we’re looking at all the...
A bill that would impose a new state tax on vapor cartridges for electronic cigarettes will be considered soon in an Iowa Senate Committee. The bill was the subject of a Senate subcommittee hearing yesterday. Michael Triplett, the lobbyist for a group of vapor product...
