Land Use Bill Sparks Senate House Standoff in Iowa
Iowa Senate Leader Calvin Hultman rejected claims the land use bill is dead and pledged a Senate debate the week of April 14. House Leader Roger Halvorson refused to bring it up, shelving the measure on the unfinished business calendar amid party clashes and a slowing funnel process.
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Iowa
Senate
Calvin Hultman
Iowa House
Don Avenson
Oelwein
Hultman
House
Roger Halvorson
R-Monona
Robert Ray
Halvorson
Douglas Smalley
Avenson
General Assembly
George Kinley
D-Des Moines
Pipeline restrictions win House approval in Iowa
The Iowa House passed a bill imposing pipeline construction rules. It creates a negligence presumption for damage and requires a 100 foot easement. Rep. Douglas Ritsema supports the measure while Rep. Kyle Hummel criticizes its adequacy. The bill moved to the Senate on a 75-21 vote.
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Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
Senate
Iowa
Douglas Ritsema
Rorange City
Kyle Hummel
R-Vinton
Mosquito-borne dengue fever eyed for U S spring
The CDC warns dengue fever outbreaks are expected in the United States this spring as the Aedes aegypti mosquito spreads from Texas to Florida and north to North Carolina. Mexico reports 3000 to 4000 cases last year with chills aches and rash but no deaths yet in the Western Hemisphere.
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Atlanta
United States
National Center For Disease Control
Mexico
Jack Woodall
CDC
Texas
Florida
North Carolina
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