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Meet Iowa Democrats' U.S. Senate candidates
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Four Dems compete to challenge Joni Ernst
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Mark Ridolfi
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5/20/20
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Eldridge’s Easter afternoon power outage spurred more talk, and a council member’s call to action on a second MidAmerican power line to the city’s utility.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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4/6/21
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County officials dead-set against a carbon waste pipeline across Scott County are hosting a rally at North Scott High School, Monday, Nov. 28, to cultivate more opposition to the ADM project.
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Mark Ridolfi
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11/22/22
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The Iowa Board of Regents has settled 2023-25 contract negotiations with the state’s public university unions, ending with a 3 percent base wage increase with United Faculty, SEIU, and the Campaign to Organize Graduate Students.
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Eleanor Hildebrandt, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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4/26/23
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Republican senators advanced a new traffic camera bill that they said would allow local governments to use the technology to address real safety concerns while putting some limits on using cameras to generate revenue.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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4/26/23
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A representative of Sen. Joni Ernst will hold office hours on Thursday, May 18, at Eldridge City Hall from 10-11 a.m.
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4/26/23
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Eldridge’s first police dog will be a German Shepard named, “Marty.”
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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5/2/23
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Valley Construction crews have 54 workdays left on their $4.8 million contract to widen First Street and LeClaire Road, and city engineer Greg Schaapveld told council members Monday it will be close, but he believes they’ll make it.
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5/3/23
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Scott County supervisors Tuesday morning committee meetings move to 8:30 a.m. beginning May 9.
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5/3/23
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Lawmakers delivered on the Iowa Farm Bureau’s top priority: Strict limits on property tax increases, with more public votes on big capital projects, whether town councils or county boards borrow or not.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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5/10/23
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The Iowa Legislature passed many significant — and many controversial — pieces of legislation in the four months of the 2023 session, but many still await Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signature before becoming law.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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5/10/23
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Scott County’s Eldridge warehouse has persistent roof leaks that are affecting auditor and health department storage areas.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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5/10/23
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Princeton is seeking engineering firms to design a recreational trail along U.S. 67 that some council members want to route closer to the river.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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5/17/23
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Council members agreed to share clerk Kisa Tweed with the town of Dixon.
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5/17/23
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Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson will speak at Scott County Republican Party Pints & Politics, 6 p.m., Thursday at Thunder Bay Grille.
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5/17/23
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The American divide isn’t partisan; it’s patriots versus anti-Americans, and can be bridged by focusing on common ideals, not political wedge issues.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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5/17/23
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Long Grove finances still need more eyes and signatures on receipts, disbursements, and payroll, according to the council’s self-initiated audit presented this month.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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5/17/23
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A few barricades are coming down around Eldridge’s $4.8 million First and LeClaire Road project this week.
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5/17/23
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Three new members elected to the Park View Owners Association board promise changes to the operations of the board that oversees the unincorporated community of 3,000.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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5/23/23
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The future of wind power in Scott County hits the Planning and Zoning Commission’s June agenda.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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5/23/23
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