Iowa Carbon Pipeline Battle Proceeds Amid Property Rights Feud
Iowa lawmakers clash over eminent domain as Summit Carbon Solutions pursues a CO2 pipeline route. Regulators twice rejected permits. supporters and landowners protest Senate inaction while highlighting easements, farm income, and rural jobs linked to carbon capture and ethanol markets.
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Summit
Iowa
House
Senate
Mike Bousselot
Rankeny
Bousselot
Summit Agricultural Group
Summit Carbon Solutions
Iowa Capitol
Mark Wigans
Wright County
Wigans
Goldfield
North Dakota
John Deere
Ken Smith
Innovative Ag Services
Steamboat Rock
Smith
Brazil
Union Brothers
Kelly Nieuwenhuis
O’brien County
Ryan Randolph
International Union of Operating Engineers
America
Randolph
Tom Barton
the Gazette
Regent Barker nominated as top education official faces Senate review
Regent Barker, reconfirmed for six years through 2031, is positioned to become Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. If confirmed, he would replace Nasser Paydar and brings a 40 year track record in business and education policy, with noted opposition to DEI programs and a focus on spending efficiency. He has taught real estate and economics at Iowa and Chicago, worked at the Fed NY, and donated heavily to Republicans. The nomination scales through the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee as the Education Department outlines its three major units and ongoing vacancies.
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Pipeline
Iowa Capitol
Senate
Jack Whitter
Rgrimes
Capitol
Whitver
Bousselot
Jess Mazour
The
Sierra Club
Mazour
James Norris
Montgom
U.S. Department of Education
Barker
Nasser Paydar
Indiana University
Indianapolis
Joe Biden
Iowa U.S
Joni Ernst
Iowa Board of Regents
Trump
University of Iowa
University of Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
University
Iowa Memorial Union
DEI
Senate Committee On Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
International and Foreign Language Education Office
Iowa
Reynolds
Marion Iowa airport runway sale moves forward at reduced price
Marion city council approves sale of the runway to 530 Investments LLC after a late bid, finalizing by June 25. The deal shifts airport ownership from public to private, aiming to preserve operation and economic impact while freeing city funds from future maintenance. The sale follows years of discussions and a $857,500 minimum at bid time with no bids on the initial deadline.
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Waller
Iowa
530 Investments LLC
Ward 2
Grant Harper
Harper
The
Marion
Iowa Department of Transportation Aviation
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