New report shows 10 years of agriculture spills into Iowa waterways
2024年12月9日 · The report analyzes discharge enforcement reports from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, which over the 10-year period reported 179 instances of manure discharge in amounts ranging from 500 gallons to 1 million gallons, though not all instances listed an amount.. The interactive map associated with the report shows 10 “repeat violators” or farming operations that had multiple ...
Lawmakers should slap down intimidation lawsuits
2024年12月16日 · A public policy dispute over plans for about 1,000 miles of carbon dioxide pipeline across Iowa took a concerning turn last week. The pipeline company’s latest tactic demonstrates why Iowa should finally pass an anti-SLAPP statute that has been floating around the Legislature for a few years.
Gov. Kim Reynolds signs law lowering individual income tax rate …
2024年5月1日 · Gov. Kim Reynolds, joined by Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg, left, Sen. Dan Dawson, right, and other lawmakers and lobbyists, signed into law on May 1, 2024, a bill that will reduce Iowa’s individual income tax rate in 2025.
Safe Drinking Water Act turns 50 • Iowa Capital Dispatch
2024年12月17日 · The state Environmental Protection Commission focused on Iowa drinking water at its December meeting with a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and presentation on the state’s plan to manage nonpoint source pollution.
Bird flu detected in 6 Iowa counties this month
2024年12月17日 · The state has now reported 11 detections of the virus in 2024. The latest string of detections began Dec. 6 with a case in layer chickens in Sioux County.. Last week, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced a “resurgence” of the flu in wild birds after nearly a year with no detections via routine swabbing of hunted birds.. The state wildlife veterinarian with DNR said there is ...
Ruling blocks undocumented immigrants from using health …
2024年12月10日 · North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley, from left, meets with Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley in the lobby of the William L. Guy Federal Building in Bismarck on Oct. 15, 2024.
What to know about Iowa’s judicial retention process
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Harris takes slim lead over Trump in final Iowa Poll before 2024 ...
2024年11月2日 · While Harris’ lead falls in the margin of error, it’s a significant reversal from previous Iowa Polls. In September, Trump led the Iowa Poll with 47% to Harris’ 43%.
Pipeline opponents receive cease and desist letters from Summit
2024年12月13日 · The letter points to a quote from Mazour in a nwestiowa.com article from August 2023, where she said Summit Carbon Solutions was in “in collusion” with the Iowa Utilities Board (now Iowa Utilities Commission) to “take away democracy and people’s rights.”. The letter called the statement “false and defamatory” and said it, …
Iowa has lost a rare public servant and friend, Jim Leach
2024年12月15日 · Iowa and the nation lost a rare public servant last week. And Deba Leach lost her husband, Jim. Former Congressman Jim Leach was a moderate-to-liberal Republican representing Iowa’s eastern congressional district from 1977 until 2007.