Iowa House votes to regulate, rather than ban traffic cameras
Apr 10, 2024
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa House has voted to establish statewide regulations for automated traffic cameras that generate tickets for speeding and running red lights. Tickets could only be issued if a…
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One week out: File for an extension if your federal returns won’t be done
Apr 09, 2024
By Matt Kelley (Radio Iowa) Federal tax returns are due one week from today, and Iowans who think they’re not going to have their forms filled out by then should file for an extension. IRS…
Iowa’s truth-in-meat-labeling bill now has label rules for fabricated eggs
Apr 08, 2024
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa House has added eggs to a bill about meat labeling. The bill started in the Iowa Senate and it outlines penalties for food processors that do not…
Monday's solar eclipse won't be total over Iowa, but still expect a good show
Apr 05, 2024
By Matt Kelley (Radio Iowa) It’s been seven years since a total solar eclipse darkened parts of the Midwest, and although Monday’s event won't be a total eclipse in Iowa, it will be significant for…
Bumble Bee Atlas Seeks Volunteers to Search for Declining Iowa Bees
Apr 04, 2024
BOONE— A new statewide project is looking for Iowa volunteers to help researchers track and monitor the state’s at-risk bumble bees. The Iowa Bumble Bee Atlas is a collaboration between the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Iowa…
Annual spring wildlife spotlight survey underway
Apr 03, 2024
DES MOINES -- Staff with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are currently conducting their annual nighttime spring spotlight surveys across the state, collecting information on Iowa’s deer and furbearer populations. The annual survey…
Bill to ban most Iowa building codes that restrict home siding options
Apr 02, 2024
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Republicans in the Iowa legislature have voted to prevent city and county building codes that restrict what kind of siding can be used on the outside of homes. Senator…
2024 Iowa legislature shifts focus to state budget plans
Apr 01, 2024
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Republicans in the Iowa House have released an overall state spending goal for the next budgeting year that’s $82 million higher than Republicans in the Iowa Senate have proposed.…
March rains help improve drought conditions
Mar 29, 2024
By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa) DNR Hydrologist Tim Hall says the recent snow and rains have helped push back some of the drought conditions in the state. “The statewide average over the last seven days,…
Governor signs AEA overhaul, teacher pay raises into law
Mar 28, 2024
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that raises teacher salaries, increases general state spending for schools and overhauls Iowa’s Area Education Agencies. “Some schools haven’t used…