Cities push to ban vendors for collecting speeding fines
Cedar Rapids and other cities oppose a bill prohibiting contracting with vendors to collect automated traffic camera fines. The proposal comes after a state law restricted camera placement and data justification, with Iowa DOT approving only a fraction of fixed and mobile camera requests. The dispute centers on revenue-collection practices tied to traffic enforcement.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa House
Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
ES Moines
Iowa Capitol
Sensus Gatso
Iowa
State Transportation Department
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa Dot
Iowa governors fundraising in 2024 from family sources
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds raised 1.8 million in 2024 as a Republican in office since 2017 and not on the ballot in 2024, while Rob Sand reported 8.4 million in 2024 with 7 million from family. Both filed with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board as nonballot candidates.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kim Reynolds
Rob Sand
Greene Square
Cedar Rapids
Nick Rohlman
the Gazette
Linn County Jail to again house federal inmates
The Linn County Sheriff's Office will resume housing federal inmates at Cedar Rapids jail after ending a 2024 intergovernmental pact with the U.S. Marshals Service. The new deal sets a $140 per diem with transport for medical visits, reversing the 2024 dispute over costs that sparked the prior exit.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Sheriffs Office
United States Marshals Service
Sheriff's Office
Marshals Service
Sheriff’s Office
Sheriffs Office
U.S. Marshals Service
Universities exit national diversity partnership
Iowa's three public universities have ceased participating in the PhD Project, a nationwide effort to diversify corporate America by boosting business school faculty. Rep. Taylor Collins questioned the regents about the move, which concerns minority doctoral education and institutional ties since 1994.
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Iowa City
Iowa
House Higher Education Committee
Board of Regents
Taylor Collins
R-Mediapolis
Regents
Keith Saunders
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Linn County
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Mediapolis
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