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Iowa bill seeks to limit regulation of home-based businesses

Radio Iowa: The Iowa House has passed a bill that would nullify many city and county ordinances that critics say prevent Iowans from having successful home based businesses. Representative Skyler Wheeler of Orange City, a Republican, …

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What’s still in play ahead of next week’s legislative funnel

Next Friday is the second funnel day at the Iowa Legislature, when Senate bills have to be passed out of a House committee and House bills have to be passed out of a Senate committee …

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Draft proposal threatens Iowa’s first-in-nation caucuses

Des Moines Register: National Democratic leaders have drafted a proposal that could significantly reshape the party’s presidential nominating process and put an end to Iowa’s prized first-in-the-nation caucuses — a tradition that has shaped presidential politics …

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What the change to WDM’s conduit network budget means

In January, the city of West Des Moines proposed an amendment to its Economic Development Digital Enterprise Urban Renewal Plan to increase the not-to-exceed cost of the citywide conduit network from $50 million to $60 …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: U.S. Global Leadership Coalition leader shares views

The Hill ran an opinion piece this week that juxtaposed an unlikely trio of names in the headline. The piece, “Elton John, Vladimir Putin and my last conversation with Colin Powell,” was written by Liz Schrayer, president …

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Polk County supervisors’ future uncertain under new redistricting maps

Polk County supervisors unanimously approved redistricting maps for the board Wednesday. The vote ended months of wrangling with a new process that board chairperson Angela Connolly described as “pure hell.” Four of the county’s five …

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Poll finds Iowa’s bottle bill remains popular

Radio Iowa: A new poll finds Iowa’s “bottle bill” remains popular with 84% of those surveyed. Sixty-one percent said they want more cans and bottles added to the nickel deposit list and more places to return …

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Computer glitch delayed National Weather Service warnings before Winterset tornado

Des Moines Register: A government computer system got bogged down during Saturday’s deadly Central Iowa tornado outbreak, slowing the flow of meteorologists’ warnings by several minutes. National Weather Service spokesperson Susan Buchanan said in a statement that …

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Iowa House passes year-round daylight saving time proposal

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Iowa lawmakers are pushing once again to put the state on permanent daylight saving time. Under House File 2331, Iowans would no longer advance their clocks an hour in the spring. Instead, the …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: White House to order broad review of cryptocurrencies

The White House will issue an executive order this week instructing federal agencies to begin studying the possibility and implications of the creation of a U.S. central-bank digital currency, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Office …