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Off-road vehicles on state park roads
May 5, 2024
Concerns about allowing off-road vehicles on the state park roads
accessible state parks
May 5, 2024
The House and Senate passed a bill that requires DNR to research and develop recommendations for the accessibility of people with disabilities in state parks and public recreation. Now it is up to the Governor to sign the bill.
EPA releases coal plant rules
April 27, 2024
Environmental Protection Agency finalized four separate standards that will slash air, water, and carbon pollution from power plants.
Constitutional Challenges of Iowa Laws
April 25, 2024
In the last few years, the Iowa legislature has passed a number of bills that have faced constitutional challenges. The legislature wants to be engaged in those challenges.
Legislature adjourned
April 22, 2024
Very early in the morning on April 20, the legislature adjourned. See a summary of their work.
Requiring super-majority for income tax increases
April 20, 2024
Bills moving through the Iowa legislature call for a constitutional amendment that would require a two-thirds majority of the house and senate in order to pass an income tax increase; a decrease would need a simple majority, plus it would require a...
Single income tax rate
April 20, 2024
A bill was introduced to amend Iowa's constitution to require a single income tax rate
Raising property taxes on forest & fruit tree reservations
April 20, 2024
A bill moving the legislature would allow counties to decide to assess property taxes on forest reservations and fruit tree reservations or give them a tax exemption
Support Midwest Passenger Rail
April 20, 2024
A bill is being considered that would allow Iowa to join the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact.
PFAS Cleanup
April 19, 2024
Sierra Club Statement on EPA Rule to Use Superfund Law to Clean Up PFAS Pollution