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Marshalltown receives $4.4 million from FEMA for derecho cleanup

Marshalltown Times-Republican: U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, announced this week that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved $4.4 million in reimbursement for the city of Marshalltown in the wake of derecho cleanup efforts. The city …

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Iowa Consumer Protection Division sees solar power complaints shoot up

Radio Iowa: The consumer protection division of the Iowa attorney general’s office is seeing a dramatic upturn in complaints about solar energy companies in recent months. AG spokesman Lynn Hicks said people go into the endeavor …

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Reynolds seeks to revive Iowa’s 6-week ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban

Des Moines Register: Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds will ask a district court to reinstate Iowa’s “fetal heartbeat” law in her first action to limit abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to the …

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Grassley added to list of Americans banned from traveling to Russia

Des Moines Register: Russia today added Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley to a list of more than 900 prominent Americans banned from entering the country as the U.S. government continues to levy sanctions following Russia’s invasion …

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AG office offering free, online training on sexual assault response

The Iowa attorney general’s office is offering free online training on sexual assault topics for Iowa medical providers. The three-hour training is led by the Crime Victim’s Assistance Division and covers a range of topics, …

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Iowa Workforce Development site outage expected to last through today

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa Workforce Development’s IowaWORKS.gov website, which developed an outage on Sunday, was expected to remain down through today, the state agency said in a news release Monday. The outage was not expected to …

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Commission nominates 3 people for Iowa Supreme Court vacancy

Three people have been nominated by the State Judicial Nominating Commission to fill a vacancy on the Iowa Supreme Court. The nominees are: Alan Heavens of Garnavillo, a district judge in the 1st Judicial District; …

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What the Roe v. Wade decision means for business

This morning the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, ending the federal guarantee to a right to abortion. Abortion rights advocates fear the decision will negatively affect women’s participation and success in areas of …

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Iowa Legal Aid receives $1.4M to support low-income derecho survivors

The Legal Services Corp. announced Wednesday it is awarding Iowa Legal Aid more than $1.4 million to support the delivery of legal services to low-income Iowans affected by the August 2020 derecho. The legal services …

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Biden calls for three-month federal gas tax ‘holiday’

CBS News: President Joe Biden today called on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months — an idea that’s intended to ease financial pressures at the pump, but that also reveals the …