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Of nearly 400 companies or individuals with “nonpriority unsecured claims” against Mercy Iowa City – meaning the hospital owes them money but will pay them back last, if at all, in its bankruptcy restructuring – more than a dozen are litigants who sued and won settlements, awards, or judgments.
Among them: C02 pipeline restrictions, sale of birth control pills with a prescription, guns in school parking lots, parental permission for social media
Laura Belin summarizes the high-profile bills the Iowa House and Senate recently sent to the governor, and those yet to be finalized.
I was unable to find any former Iowa legislator, lobbyist, or staffer who could remember anything like this year's Senate budget process.
Iowans killed or injured in crashes with trucks and other commercial vehicles would face a $5 million cap on pain and suffering damages if they sue.