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Des Moines lawyer appeals disciplinary recommendation
Oct 7, 2024 · The Grievance Commission of the Supreme Court of Iowa, which hears disciplinary cases brought by the Attorney Disciplinary Board, is recommending that the court suspend for 30 days the law license of Carmen Eichmann of Des Moines. The board has alleged that Eichmann violated seven professional standards in her representation of one client when ...
Report: Iowa produces the most factory farm waste in the country, …
Sep 24, 2024 · The report says Iowa must enact a moratorium on new factory farms, stop the expansion of “industry scams like factory farm gas, ethanol, and carbon pipelines” and pass the Clean Water for Iowa Act, a bill that was introduced in the House last year, but never advanced.. Iowa is most heavily concentrated in hog operations, but the maps from the same report show some counties with severe ...
After traffic-stop video goes viral, Newton police sue citizen for ...
Oct 2, 2023 · An Iowan whose online video of an allegedly unwarranted police traffic stop generated 2 million views is now being sued by the arresting officers for defamation and invasion of privacy.
Iowa AG leads continued fight against Massachusetts animal …
Oct 3, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court rejected challenges made by pork producers of the California law in May 2023. U.S. District Judge William Young in the District of Massachusetts dismissed most of the most of the claims against the Massachusetts law, leaving only one in question, which he rejected in July 2024.. This final claim argued that the Massachusetts law, the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act ...
Unemployment ticks down, labor market remains strong, latest …
Oct 4, 2024 · A month before voters cast their ballots, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report showing a strong labor market with growing wages, a lower unemployment rate, and the addition of 254,000 jobs to the economy. Eighty-one percent of registered voters say the economy is key to their vote for president this fall, according …
Democrats blame rural school closures on private school funding
Oct 11, 2024 · Iowa Democrats argued Friday that the state’s Education Savings Account program is linked with 16 public school closures in the past two years. But the governor’s office disputed the claims, saying they are inaccurate. The ESA program gives taxpayer dollars to Iowa families to use for private school tuition and associated costs for K-12 ...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs AEA changes ... - Iowa Capital …
Mar 27, 2024 · Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday signed into law her top priority for the 2024 legislative session: a bill making changes to Iowa’s Area Education Agencies. Surrounded by Republican lawmakers and joined by school superintendents and other stakeholders, Reynolds signed House File 2612 into law, the day after the Senate passed the measure ...
Iowa House Democrats' 2025 session agenda includes abortion …
Democrats who are seeking to expand their numbers in the Iowa House announced four top agenda items Thursday for the 2025 legislative session, addressing public education, reproductive freedom, legalizing marijuana for adults and reducing costs for families.
More than 50 Iowa nursing homes have agreed to repay taxpayers …
Oct 4, 2024 · More than 50 privately owned Iowa nursing homes have agreed to reimburse taxpayers for $13.9 million in unpaid fees owed to the state. In August, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported that records obtained though the state’s Open Records Act showed that 49 Iowa nursing homes owed the state more than $10.7 million in fees the state had so far failed to collect.