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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

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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...

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...

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 ...

by Dustin Hite House Republicans spent this last week at the Capitol making great progress on some of our top legislative priorities this session, among those being access to affordable child care and additional education funding to address the added costs schools have experienced due to the pandemic. As well, the House Human Resources Committee considered multiple bills addressing the need to recruit and retain health care providers in the state. The House Education Committee considered and pa...

jfisher@timesrepublican.com T-R FILE PHOTO A “No Smoking” sign directs Heinz Hall residents where smoking is allowed on the facility’s west side at the Iowa Veterans Home. A bill calling for smoking to be allowed by all residents at the Iowa Veterans Home is being recommended by the Veterans Affairs subcommittee in the Iowa Senate. Senate Study Bill 1080 passed the subcommittee with a 2-1 vote. Sen. Jeff Edler, R-State Center, serves on the subcommittee. The bill states “The commissio...

Feb 3, 2021 The death penalty is once again on the Iowa Legislatures agenda - this time in a very limited form. Senate Study Bill 1004 has already advanced out of sub committee and is waiting to be introduced before the full Senate Judiciary committee. If it makes it out of there, it will be up to leadership if and when it gets debated before the full Iowa Senate. “It’s a very limited bill. It only applies where someone has kidnapped, raped and murdered a minor,” the sub committee chairma...

Last week the Iowa Senate passed Governor Kim Reynolds’ legislation that creates a student voucher program for those enrolled in underperforming schools and creates a charter school system that would be publicly funded. Senate Study Bill 1065 would create a “student first scholarship program” available to students in schools rated as needing comprehensive support and improvement under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. This bill would also allow groups to apply to form charter school...