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Government Policy and Law

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Reynolds asks MLB commissioner to support Iowa minor league teams

Gov. Kim Reynolds has contacted Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred, urging him to support Iowa’s five minor league baseball teams, the governor’s office announced. The news comes after MLB announced a restructuring plan that would cut ties …

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Iowa City proposes nearly $1 million to fight climate change

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Nearly $1 million in fiscal 2021 would go toward Iowa City’s emergency efforts to fight climate change under a new budget proposal to the City Council. While that money would be raised by …

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Head of Glenwood center for people with disabilities is fired

Des Moines Register: The top official at a state-run institution that provides care to people with severe intellectual disabilities has been fired from his job amid state and federal investigations into the facility. Jerry Rea, the …

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How will legal marijuana in Illinois affect Iowa campuses?

More than 10,000 of Iowa’s public university students this fall came from Illinois — making that state second only to Iowa in feeding the enrollment pipelines of three public universities. In less than a week, …

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Drake law school to launch refugee clinical program

Drake University Law School announced it will launch a refugee clinical program this spring as an addition to its current legal assistance programs at the Drake Legal Clinic. Law students will have the opportunity for experiential learning …

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Committee releases list of 12 applicants to fill Iowa Supreme Court vacancy

Twelve Iowans will be interviewed by the State Judicial Nominating Commission in January to fill the vacancy on the Iowa Supreme Court that occurred upon the death of Chief Justice Mark Cady. The 17-member commission …

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State AG: Consumers ‘dazed and confused’ over hemp and CBD laws

The state attorney general’s office is reminding consumers, farmers and businesses that all products containing cannabidiol are classified as controlled substances and illegal in Iowa, the office said in a statement. The 2019 Iowa Hemp …

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Business leaders share lessons learned in 2019

As we wrap up 2019, we asked our audience to share a lesson learned this year. We also asked them to make a bold prediction about their industry in 10 years. Here’s what they told …

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Story County attorney appointed as prosecuting attorneys training coordinator

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has appointed Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds to serve as Iowa’s prosecuting attorneys training coordinator and executive director of the Iowa County Attorneys Association. She will begin in the dual …

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Reynolds names members of 2020 Census Complete Count Committee

Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday named 30 people to the Iowa 2020 Census Complete Count Committee. The committee, which will be chaired by Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg, with Secretary of State Paul Pate as vice chairman, …

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