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Majority Republicans in the Iowa Senate indicated Monday theyd like to require Iowans receiving public assistance benefits to undergo more rigorous eligibility verification reviews to bolster program efficiency and weed

IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ap photo A legislative proposal would mandate that most fuel sales at Iowa pumps contain ethanol and biodiesel. What Gov. Kim Reynolds saw as a chance to expand Iowa’s nation-leading biofuels industry has turned into a high-octane political fight among some of the most powerful interest groups in the state. Reynolds is proposing to require ethanol and biodiesel at all convenience stores and other retailer fuel outlets. Her plan would allow just one pump per site for no-b...

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Iowa Governor’s $450M Broadband Buildout Receives Support Just 18.5 percent of Iowans have access to affordable Internet and the average download speed is the second worst in the nation. But Gov. Reynolds hopes to get Iowans connected over the next three years. Michaele Niehaus, The Hawk Eye   |   February 16, 2021   |  News (TNS) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds was met Friday with support for her broadband expansion efforts when she visited w...

Compromise seen as solution in debate over state’s bottle bill BY MICHAEL CRUMB, Senior Staff Writer Tuesday, February 16, 2021 11:47 AM A move to make changes to the state’s beverage container redemption law, commonly called the “bottle bill,” may be coming to a head with the introduction of several bills in this year’s Legislature. The bills that have been introduced call for everything from repealing the law to forcing distributors to account for unpa...

What to keep an eye on this week in the Iowa Legislature Tuesday, February 16, 2021 11:46 AM Here are six bills to watch this week at the Statehouse: 1. House File 283: Would make it a crime to use synthetic urine or another person’s urine to defraud a drug or alcohol test. 2. House File 313: Would prohibit counties or cities from imposing restrictions on certain temporary and short-term businesses run by children under 18 years old. Such businesses would includ...

The Hawk Eye Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds was met Friday with support for her broadband expansion efforts when she visited with Des Moines County community and business leaders. Reynolds has proposed investing $150 million each of the next three years to establish affordable high-speed broadband access, the need for which has been made increasingly apparent by the pandemic, throughout Iowa by 2025. Addressing a group of more than a dozen community and business leaders gathered in a conference r...

(Iowa Biodiesel Board) Governor Kim Reynolds has introduced a bill to set a minimum standard of biofuels in the Iowa fuel supply. For biodiesel, this would mean most Iowa diesel would contain at least 11 percent (B11) during warmer months beginning in April of 2022, and B20 during warmer months in 2024 and later. The Iowa Soybean Association and Iowa Biodiesel Board strongly support the legislation (HSB 185) and applauded the governor for her continued leadership.  Grant Kimberley, Iowa Biodi...

Minnesotans are one step closer toward the legalization of marijuana. Cannabis reform legislation in the Gopher State is poised to receive its first hearing in the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee on Wednesday, Feb.17. House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler filed a bill earlier this month to allow adults 21 and older to buy and possess up to 1.5 ounces of cannabis, Marijuana Moment reports. The legislation also allows the cultivation of up to eight plants (four could be mature, or have ...

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.