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Restaurant owners in talks with city, festivals over effect of street closures

Dancers perform at the 2021 Iowa Latino Heritage Festival in Western Gateway Park. Photo courtesy of Iowa Latinno Heritage Festival.

Talks are continuing among some downtown Des Moines restaurant owners, the city and festival organizers about …

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Ban on transgender girls in Iowa girls sports approved

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Transgender girls and women would no longer be allowed to play sports at Iowa schools, colleges and universities with other girls and women under a proposal that is one step from becoming law. …

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HHS to revise arbitration guidance for No Surprises Act

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will revise its guidance on the arbitration process outlined under the No Surprises Act following a federal court ruling, Becker’s Healthcare reported. A federal judge ruled Feb. 23 that …

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Polk County supervisors reject first redistricting map

Des Moines Register: With time fast running out before candidates for supervisor races need to file the necessary paperwork to get on the ballot, Polk County supervisors voted today to reject a redistricting map that would …

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Auditor: Reynolds must return $450,000 in COVID funds

Associated Press: Iowa’s state auditor has again called for Gov. Kim Reynolds to return nearly $450,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds that were used to pay for 21 governor’s office staff members for three months in …

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Reynolds signs 3.9% flat tax into law in conservative realignment of Iowa’s tax system

Des Moines Register: Gov. Kim Reynolds today signed into law a major realignment of Iowa’s tax system, achieving one of her top legislative priorities in time for a national speech introducing herself to a conservative audience. …

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Behavioral problems rise after D.M. schools drop police officers

Axios Des Moines: Student behavioral problems at Des Moines schools have reached a fever pitch this year, staff, parents and police told Axios in interviews over the last month. Des Moines Public Schools is one of …

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Hedge fund loses lawsuit in Lee Enterprises takeover fight

Associated Press: A judge has cleared the way for newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises to use a voting system that will ensure two longtime directors are reelected at next month’s annual meeting despite the objections of a …

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Treasury Department to host virtual roundtable on climate-transition financing

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced it will host a virtual roundtable, “The Climate Transition: Federal Policy and State and Local Government Best Practices,” on Thursday, March 3. The roundtable, co-hosted by the Treasury …

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Drug distributors, J&J commit to $26B opioid agreement; Iowa gets $174M over 18 years

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced today the final approval of the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen and Johnson & Johnson. Following successful state sign-on and …

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