Iowa Senate Votes to Eliminate Statute of Limitations for Sex Crimes Against Childred
By charguth April 30, 2021 6:04 am
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Des Moines, IA (Radio Iowa)– The Iowa Senate has voted to remove the time limit for filing criminal charges against those accused of sexually abusing children.
Under the current law, victims have until their 33rd birthday to file criminal charges, but Senate President Jake Chapman says criminals should always be held accountable.
Senator Chapman is calling for legislators to act NOW.
The Senate voted unanimously to attach the legislation to another bill after the first attempt at passage failed in the House.
By Jeff Angelo
Apr 29, 2021
With COVID vaccines now widely available, Jeff salutes two innovative Iowans who helped their neighbors locate shots when they were more scarce; With the Iowa Legislature preparing to ban vaccine passports, Jeff Monosso reports that Chicago is developing a vax pass; Iowa Senate President Jake Chapman recounts the emotional events that led to passage of a proposal targeting pedophiles; Emery Songer and super producer Erick preview the NFL draft.
Click to hear hour two of Need To Know With Jeff Angelo for Thursday, April 30, 2021.
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Workplace Safety Regulator Warns Of COVID-19 Hazards Inside Iowa Capitol April 21, 2021
A top workplace safety regulator warned the Republican leaders of the Iowa Legislature that conditions inside the state Capitol are hazardous and may be exposing workers to the coronavirus, according to documents released April 19.
Russell Perry, administrator of the Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration, warned in a “hazard alert letter” dated April 13 that an inspection by his agency raised concerns for the potential of worker illnesses tied to COVID-19 exposure.
Perry wrote that social distancing is not always practiced or enforced inside the building, temperature checks and health screens are not performed on everyone entering and employees are not required to report positive tests to legislative leaders under their policy. In addition, cases that are reported are not examined to determine whether they were work-related.
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Members in the Iowa House take the oath of office in January during the opening day of the Iowa Legislature.
State workplace safety regulators sent a letter last week to the Republican leaders of the Iowa Legislature that says conditions at the Statehouse “may expose workers to COVID-19 hazards.”
The Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration conducted an inspection of the Iowa State Capitol on Jan. 26, after labor unions filed a complaint about the conditions there.
The letter from IOSHA says they didn’t find a violation of state law related to COVID-19 mitigation efforts, but inspectors did identify potential hazards. They include social distancing not always being practiced and enforced, temperature checks not being conducted on all people entering the building, employees not being required to report positive coronavirus tests to leadership, and a lack of determining whether positive cases were work-related.
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In this 2020 file photo, the Iowa Capitol Building is seen in Des Moines. A top workplace safety regulator warned the Republican leaders of the Iowa Legislature that conditions inside the state Capitol are hazardous and may be exposing workers to the coronavirus, according to documents released Monday
DES MOINES A top workplace safety regulator warned the Republican leaders of the Iowa Legislature that conditions inside the state Capitol are hazardous and may be exposing workers to the coronavirus, according to documents released Monday.
Russell Perry, administrator of the Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration, warned in a “hazard alert letter” dated April 13 that an inspection by his agency raised concerns for the potential of worker illnesses tied to COVID-19 exposure.