Iowa State University recently completed an economic research study of the effects of the on-going tariffs placed on American trade. The impacts of the trade tariffs certainly have hurt agriculture, but Iowa State University Agricultural Economist, Chad Hart says the dispute with China probably cost between one and two billion dollars in our overall state […]Powered by WPeMatico
Representatives of the state’s casinos, grocery stores, restaurants, the Iowa Lottery and the horse racing industry are all taking a shot at publicly explaining why they should get a slice of the action if the state legalizes betting on pro and college sports. A 90-mimute hearing was held at the statehouse yesterday and a two-hour […]Powered by WPeMatico
Conservatives who oppose Iowa Supreme Court rulings legalizing same-sex marriage and overturning abortion restrictions are urging the Republican-led legislature to strike back. “Iowa has one of the most activist Supreme Courts in the country,” Chuck Hurley, legal counsel for The Family Leader, said this afternoon. “You name it and the Iowa Supreme Court is to […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Mason City man who was shot by a railroad officer is now out of the hospital two months after the shooting. Thirty-year-old Nathan Olson was released Friday from MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City. State investigators say Union Pacific Special Agent Louis Miner stopped Olson near a railroad crossing in northwestern Mason […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in an open records case involving the shooting by a Cedar Rapids police officer that left a man paralyzed during a traffic stop in 2016. A Linn County District Court judge ruled that the city must turn over police investigative reports in the civil lawsuit against officer […]Powered by WPeMatico
Republicans at the statehouse have three education-related bills on the fast track, aiming to provide nearly 90 million MORE dollars to Iowa’s public K-12 schools next year. By the end of the today, Republican-led committees in the House and Senate will approve a boost in “per pupil” spending that’s a smidge over two percent. The […]Powered by WPeMatico
Fire struck the city hall in the southeast Iowa town of Keokuk last night. Firefighters were called to the city hall about 7:40 p.m. and when they arrived, flames were already shooting through the roof. It took about 35 minutes to get the exterior fire extinguished so firefighters could move inside. Keokuk City Administrator Cole […]Powered by WPeMatico
Slick roads are blamed in two separate — but similar — deadly crashes in eastern Iowa on Tuesday. The state patrol says a car lost control on Highway 20 in Buchanan County and slid through the median, colliding with an oncoming semi. The car’s driver was killed. In Des Moines County, an SUV and a […]Powered by WPeMatico
A district judge in Muscatine approved a $50 million settlement Tuesday in a class action pollution case. Some 15,000 neighbors of the Grain Processing Corporation’s plant can qualify for individual payouts after GPC was accused of polluting south Muscatine with haze, odors and particles. Bob Weatherman is one of the residents involved in the lawsuit. […]Powered by WPeMatico
