Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee have approved a bill that could withdraw hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local tax incentives awarded to big tech companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google. If the bill as written becomes law, the companies should lose tax breaks if a court finds they’ve violating the free […]
The head of the Iowa Restaurant Association says the industry is cautiously optimistic heading into March. Iowa’s bars and restaurants were shut down last March 17th for on-site service, with a number of restrictions in place until the governor lifted those in early last month. Association president and CEO Jessica Dunker says despite the lifting […]
Two California men are behind bars in Marshall County after a high speed pursuit in a stolen vehicle and the discover of two pounds of meth. Late Wednesday afternoon, a Marshall County Deputy located the stolen vehicle from California on Highway 330. A pursuit reached speeds of 100 miles per hour onto a county road […]
The Iowa Legislative Black Caucus is calling on Republican Governor Kim Reynolds to intervene on so-called “back the blue” legislation. In January, Reynolds proposed a package that included enhanced penalties for those who riot and who harass and attack police as well as provisions to address racial profiling by police. Representative Ras Smith, a Democrat […]
The superintendent of the Des Moines Community School District may lose his administrator’s license for failing to have students back in classrooms for much of the fall semester. The Des Moines School Board voted to start the school year with online only instruction — without a state waiver to do so. Students didn’t start returning […]
If you’re going to threaten someone, especially a high-ranking government official, don’t do it on their voicemail — unless you want to get arrested. A southwest Iowa man is charged with first-degree harassment after leaving a profanity-laced voicemail at the office of Governor Kim Reynolds. The Iowa State Patrol says 48-year-old Harvey Eugene Hunter of […]
The University of Iowa is now accepting public comment on proposals to reimagine campus policing and safety. A committee has drafted three potential models, some of which include moving away from the traditional role of police and diverting calls for service to other responders like health care providers. Julia Zalenski, legal director of Prairielands Freedom […]
For the first time since they started tracking the data, the Better Business Bureau says more young people are getting scammed than older Americans. The bureau’s Bao Vang says consumers between the ages of 18 and 24 suffered the highest median losses — about $150 — to scams last year. Before 2020, Vang says older […]
A University of Iowa report links climate change with the record flooding of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers that waterlogged Iowa in the spring of 2019. Gabriele Villarini, UI professor of civil and environmental engineering and lead author of the report, says weather phenomena he calls “Midwest Water Hose” events are responsible. With a water […]
