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Iowa lawmakers weigh local option land use plan
Iowa legislators debate a decade-long land use clash with a shift toward local control. Proposals avoid a statewide mandatory policy, favoring local agricultural districts to preserve prime farmland and curb urban sprawl, with debates centering on local vetoes and tax incentives.
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Des Moines
Forrest Schwengels
R-Fairfield
Senate Natural Resources Committee
House
Natural Resources
Douglas Smalley
Senate
Schwengels
Smalley
Iowa
Roger Halvorson
R-Monona
Halvorson
Department of Environmental Quality
Jean Lloyd-Jones
Iowa City
Lloyd-Jones
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
Statehouse
Bass van Gilst
D-Oskaloosa
van Gilst
U.S
Calvin Hultman
Red Oak
Hultman