Iowa House Bill Would Reshape Watershed Authorities
The Iowa House considers House Study Bill 674 to limit watershed management authorities to flood risk education and align water quality work with the Nutrient Reduction Strategy and the DNR stormwater manual. The bill also renames authorities to partnerships and expands soil health language while cutting funding for certain programs and repealing the bluffland protection fund.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Department
Watershed Management Authority
Kozak
Norlin Mommsen
DeWitt
Iowa Dnr
DNR
Department of Agriculture
Ag Department
Chuck Isenhart
D-Dubuque
Jim Gillespie
Madison County
Iowa Learning Farms
Iowa State University
Watershed Planning Advisory Council
Hook
Kim Reynolds
Boards and Commission
Iowa eyes seven district system to unify mental health care
Reynolds proposes dissolving 18 mental health and 19 substance use networks into a seven district Behavioral Health Service System under the Department of Health and Human Services. The plan shifts services from the current fractured network to a centralized, contracted model with a July 2025 full implementation and a yearlong transition.
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Reynolds
Department
Kelly Garcia
Molly Severn
Reynolds’ Office
Iowa
East Central
Linn
Johnson Counties
Health and Human Services Department
Joel Fry
Rosceola
Department of Health and Human Services
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Flora Schmidt
Iowa Behavioral Health Care Association
Schmidt
House
Full Health and Human Services Committee
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell
Ames
ISU harassment suit against school and staff dismissed
A Story County District Court judge dismissed in January the 2022 lawsuit filed by Iowa State University graduate student Chelsea Sennarella-Servantez alleging harassment by a fellow student and two professors. The case cited discovery actions and noted the dismissal was without prejudice.
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Iowa State University
Chelsea Sennarella- Servantez
Sennarella- Servantez
Tennarella-Servantez
LinkedIn
Iowa State
Vanessa Miller
The
Gazette
Sennarella Servantez
Iennarella-Servantez
Sennarella-Servantez
ISU Equal Opportunity Office
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