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An Iowa Senate panel unanimously tabled an ethics complaint Wednesday against a senator who failed to schedule a hearing on a bill that would limit the use of eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines.
Senate Democrats criticized the bill for increasing work requirements and say the funding still is inadequate to address child care staffing shortages and high costs keeping Iowans from working.
The Senate advanced legislation putting a moratorium on constructing new nursing facilities and giving Medicaid payers more power in recovering funds from health insurers.
A $2.1 billion health and human services budget that would increase funding for nursing homes, mental health and substance use disorder treatment was passed by the Iowa Senate Thursday and advanced by a House committee.
Lawmakers said they were still working to finalize several budget bills, but hope to adjourn in early May.