Lucius Pham
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Iowa Public Radio
Iowa shared voter registration data — including sensitive personal information — with the U.S. Department of Justice, Secretary of State Paul Pate announced Tuesday. The DOJ's demand for state voter lists has raised concerns about data privacy.
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The Iowa House and Senate are sending a bill to the governor that increases the required minimum sentence for repeat felony offenders.
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Recent graduates practicing law in rural Iowa could be eligible for help repaying student loans, under a bill headed to the governor’s desk.
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Vapes and alternative nicotine products would have a new tax, under a bill headed to the governor’s desk.
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In the final hours of Gov. Kim Reynolds' final legislative session, Republican lawmakers came together around a plan they say will save property taxpayers around $4 billion over six years. -
The Des Moines area water system could double its nitrate removal capacity within three years, under a Republican proposal unveiled at the Statehouse on Friday.
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A budget bill headed to the governor’s desk would meet some, but not all, requests from higher education institutions in the state.
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Companies starting or restarting nuclear facilities could receive sales tax exemptions during construction according to a bill headed to the governor’s desk.
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act ended SNAP benefits for refugees and some other categories of immigrants with legal status. Republican lawmakers voted to put those restrictions into state law, too.
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New single and two family homes would need to have passive radon mitigation systems installed, under a bill now headed to the governor’s desk.