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There is no easy button to press to redraw congressional and legislative election districts in a year that could prove especially hard since the federal government doesnt promise to deliver the census data needed to start the process until a month after Iowa law says lawmakers must finish it.

contributed graphic A map of Iowa Senate districts for 2012 — 2022. Iowa’s redistricting plan faces a schedule snafu in 2021 and legislative leaders still “don’t have any idea” how it will be resolved, according to nonpartisan legislative staff. Iowa’s Constitution says the Legislature needs to finalize a legislative redistricting plan by Sept. 1. Then, Gov. Kim Reynolds has two weeks to review the plan and sign off by Sept. 15. If those deadlines aren’t met, the Iowa Supreme Cour...

In some states it's illegal to flash your headlights at on-coming motorists. Is that the case for Iowa?

Louisa County supervisors approve 64% salary cut recommendations Jim Rudisill for The Hawk Eye WAPELLO — A formal resolution cutting the Louisa County Compensation Board’s Fiscal Year 2022 salary recommendations for the eight county elected positions by 64% was approved Tuesday by the board of supervisors during its regular weekly meeting. The supervisors had earlier settled on the cut as part of the development of next year’s county budget, but the latest decision formally reduced the co...

Alderman Patrick Peacock, Ward 7, announced Wednesday at Davenport City Councils Committee of the Whole meeting that he will step down from the position in April after serving just over

GuideOne officials make case for reorganizing as stock company Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:24 AM Iowa’s insurance commissioner on Wednesday heard testimony from GuideOne Mutual Insurance executives to consider the company’s application to reorganize from a domestic mutual insurance company to a stock insurance company. The reorganization, which would be conducted through two separate transactions, is expected to enable the West Des Moines-based insurer to incr...

kwingert@messengernews.net A teenage boy is in custody after a series of vehicle thefts were reported on Tuesday night in Fort Dodge, according to a release from the Fort Dodge Police Department. Police made the arrest shortly after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday after an officer observed a Chevrolet Trailblazer that had been reported stolen earlier in the evening. The officer attempted a traffic stop in the 300 block of Haskell Street, but the driver of the vehicle initially r...

DES MOINES - Legislative Republicans on Monday advanced separate funding bills they say will meet the needs of K-12 schools next fiscal year. But critics slammed the proposals as inadequate, cruel and vengeful in trying to punish the Des Moines public schools in particular for failing to immediately comply with Gov. Kim Reynolds push for in-person classroom instruction against the backdrop of a pandemic.

On Dec. 28, 2020, the Carroll County Board of Supervisors opened their last meeting of the year with a closed session to discuss potential pending litigation per Iowa Code 21.5(1)(c). There was discussion following that and a vote on entering into a settlement agreement with more details to come once the issue was formally resolved. Last Friday, the party involved reached out to Carroll Broadcasting. Louie Grote, who worked in a part-time capacity for the county for around 20 years as an IT tec...

One-time expenses like equipment or vehicle purchases in the prior year. Lower personnel costs if entry-level law enforcement officers replace those with more experience. Merging or consolidating jail or dispatch services or merging law enforcement agencies. Budget reductions due to reduced population in the area served. The bill would not deny any state funds designated for law enforcement purposes. The state would deny funding for cities and counties that reduce police budgets in the fiscal...