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Chiropractor surrenders license after malpractice claim
Jan 10, 2025 · An eastern Iowa chiropractor who was sued for malpractice has agreed to surrender his license. Allan Novak Jr., who owned and operated a Cedar Rapids chiropractic clinic known as Chirocare East, was charged last year by the Iowa Board of Chiropractic with failing to notify the board within 30 days of any court judgment or settlement of a malpractice claim, and with failing to cooperate with ...
Clark Kauffman, Author at Iowa Capital Dispatch
4 days ago · Deputy Editor Clark Kauffman has worked during the past 30 years as both an investigative reporter and editorial writer at two of Iowa’s largest newspapers, the Des Moines Register and the Quad-City Times. He has won numerous state and national awards for reporting and editorial writing. His 2004 series on prosecutorial misconduct in Iowa was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for ...
Property tax legislation expected in the 2025 session, legislative ...
Dec 3, 2024 · From left, Sen. Mike Bousselot, R-Ankeny; Senate Minority Leader Janice Weiner; House Majority Leader Matt Windschitl, and House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst spoke about the upcoming 2025 session at the Greater Des Moines Partnership state legislative breakfast at Stoney Creek Hotel in Johnston Dec. 3, 2024.
Iowa’s income tax drops to single 3.8% rate in 2025
Jan 2, 2025 · Iowa’s latest reduction of income tax rates has gone into effect for 2025. The law, signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds in May 2024, lowers individual income tax rates from 5.7% in 2024 to a single 3.8% rate.It will give Iowa the sixth-lowest income tax rates among the 41 states that have the tax, according to the Tax Foundation. The measure built on a 2022 law that moved the state’s individual ...
Gov. Kim Reynolds: ‘The best is yet to come’ on Iowa tax policy
Dec 5, 2024 · Gov. Kim Reynolds told Iowans to expect more tax cuts in the future as she accepted an award Thursday from the Iowa Taxpayers Association. Reynolds spoke at the organization’s annual symposium as she accepted the Linda S. Weindruch Award, given to people who have taken actions that “have resulted in a positive impact on the business tax climate in Iowa,” according to the ITA website.
Pipeline opponents receive cease and desist letters from Summit
Dec 13, 2024 · The letter points to a quote from Mazour in a nwestiowa.com article from August 2023, where she said Summit Carbon Solutions was in “in collusion” with the Iowa Utilities Board (now Iowa Utilities Commission) to “take away democracy and people’s rights.”. The letter called the statement “false and defamatory” and said it, combined with …
Lawmakers should slap down intimidation lawsuits
Dec 16, 2024 · A public policy dispute over plans for about 1,000 miles of carbon dioxide pipeline across Iowa took a concerning turn last week. The pipeline company’s latest tactic demonstrates why Iowa should finally pass an anti-SLAPP statute …
Here are some of the new laws that take effect July 1 in Iowa
Jul 1, 2024 · Dozens of the laws passed during the 2024 legislative session take effect Monday, including measures cutting state boards and commissions, limiting the potency of consumable hemp products and setting new education policies for public K-12 schools.
Gov. Kim Reynolds signs law lowering individual income tax rate …
May 1, 2024 · Gov. Kim Reynolds, joined by Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg, left, Sen. Dan Dawson, right, and other lawmakers and lobbyists, signed into law on May 1, 2024, a bill that will reduce Iowa’s individual income tax rate in 2025.