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Police support bill that would require state approval before cities install devices

It was certainly safe for fish along the Lake Pontchartrain shoreline on Tuesday morning. At 28 degrees, with a steady wind from the north and waves bursting along the concrete

Traffic cameras at two intersections in Marion have been installed and went live Friday for a 30-day warning period, according to a news release from the city of Marion.

The Marion City Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve a contract with Beverly, Mass.-based Sensys Gatso USA, to install and maintain two automated traffic cameras, as well as maintain a mobile traffic unit in the city of Marion.

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Traffic cameras along Interstate 380 and in Cedar Rapids are here to stay, for now

CEDAR RAPIDS — A proposal to ban traffic cameras throughout Iowa — except on the dangerous S-curve on Interstate 380 by downtown Cedar Rapids — got the green light Thursday from the Iowa Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. Senate Study Bill 1176 seeks to bar Iowa communities from using automated traffic enforcement systems, reviving lawmakers’ on-again, off-again attempts for years to regulate or eliminate them. Some lawmakers see the cameras as traffic safety tools that reduce p...