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A judge ruled the police bulletin allegedly disseminated by the racial justice protestor is not intelligence data and therefore dropped the charge.

Indianola City Councils choice to fund the downtown Square streetscape project is being challenged by hundreds of Indianola residents with the help of a Des Moines-area legal group. Alan Ostergren, the president and chief counsel of the Kirkwood Institute, announced in a news release Monday that 250 Indianola residents had signed a petition to ask the state to overrule an Indianola City Council decision, made on April 19, to fund the citys streetscape project with local option sales tax funds. ...

Hundreds of residents have petitioned the state to review a city council decision to fund a streetscape project using the local option sales tax.

CARBONDALE, Illinois (AP) — Below is an analysis of public record laws in all 50...

.  Iowa is now the 14th state to eliminate the statute of limitations for reporting sexual abuse against a child. Senate File 562 amends the Iowa Code to criminalize sexual exploitation by an adult providing training or instruction, according to an April 30 fiscal note The law also provides a clearer definition of when an adult providing training or instruction commits sexual exploitation. When any of the below occurs, sexual exploitation has been committed:  When a person engages in a patter...

Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. May 11, 2021.

Indianola tries to prepare drivers for the switch to two-way traffic around the city square George Shillcock, Des Moines Register Indianola replanting trees lost to storms, disease and construction over last decade Replay Video UP NEXT Change is coming to Indianolas downtown Square starting Monday, May 17, when traffic will convert from one-way to two-way for the citys streetscape project. The streets undergoing the conversion include Howard and Buxton streets from West Kent...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Summary: United States: Under the new law, cities and counties cannot adopt or enforce ordinances that require landlords to accept federal housing vouchers. On Friday, April 30, Governor Reynolds signed into law SF252, a bill pertaining to federal housing choice vouchers issued by HUD (including Section 8 vouchers). This bill was discussed in my prior blog post. In short, the bill forbids cities and counties from adopting or enforcin...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On Friday, April 30, Governor Reynolds signed into law HF 561  (formerly SSB1006), a bill pertaining to mechanic’s lien. The bill goes into effect on January 1, 2022. As discussed in a prior blog post, this bill was an affirmative legislative item from the Iowa State Bar Association’s (ISBA) Construction Law Section. Attorney Jodie McDougal, Vice-Chair of the ISBA Construction Law Section Council, was the initial drafter and dri...

Updated: 7:05 AM CDT May 7, 2021 The Keokuk County Attorney’s Office said on Tuesday it will not file charges against a former Tri-County school bus driver, Amy Leer, after an investigation found she duct-taped elementary school students.Amber Thompson, who is the county attorney for Keokuk County, said an investigation with the Keokuk County Sheriff’s Office found Leer did duct-tape children. However, she said, “her actions, apparent intentions and circumstances surrounding the...