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Rising property values allowed Scott County supervisors to keep the urban property tax rate the same, and cut the rural route, while collecting even more property tax dollars next year.
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4/3/24
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The Iowa Senate sent legislation to the governor that would require additional documentation and certain restrictions for emotional support animals in Iowa rental properties.
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Iowa Capital Dispatch
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4/3/24
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds last Wednesday signed into law her top priority for the 2024 legislative session: a bill making changes to Iowa’s Area Education Agencies.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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4/3/24
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deploy more than 100 Iowa National Guard and Iowa Department of Public Safety officers to Texas to support the state’s law enforcement efforts along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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4/3/24
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This year’s presidential election will be the first since generative AI — a form of artificial intelligence that can create new content, including images, audio, and video — became widely available. That’s raising fears that millions of voters could be deceived by a barrage of political deepfakes.
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Zachary Roth, States Newsroom
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4/3/24
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Eldridge council member Ryan Iossi reports progress on talks over the past week with current city utility board members, its ex-chairman Jim Skadal, and staff.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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4/2/24
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Eldridge council will craft tax incentives for 130 new apartments planned in three buildings on North Sixth Avenue, just west of Amhof Trucking.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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4/2/24
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Eldridge council members held an emergency meeting at 8 a.m. Wednesday and voted unanimously to remove utility board chairman Jim Skadal.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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3/27/24
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Here are the Freedom of Information requests from attorneys representing the Eldridge mayor and council, followed by responses from attorneys representing the Eldridge Utility Board.
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3/27/24
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Scott County Democrats meet 1-3 p.m., Saturday, April 6, at the UFCW Hall in Davenport to launch their get-out-the-vote effort.
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3/27/24
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Jeff Bloemker, Davenport banker, has announced he is running for a seat on the Scott County Board of Supervisors and will be participating in the Republican primary in June.
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3/26/24
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Eldridge city staff and council on Tuesday disclosed they placed two utility employees on paid leave and launched an investigation that city administrator Nevada Lemke said arose from responses the utility board provided to the city’s Freedom of Information Request.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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3/26/24
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Scott County supervisors agreed to River Valley Coop’s industrial rezoning request to add liquid ammonia storage to operations just south of Dixon at Allens Grove Road and 295th St.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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3/20/24
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Join Princeton elected officials 6-10 p.m., March 23, for Battle of the Bars, a night-long fundraiser for the town of Princeton, culminating in a gun raffle.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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3/20/24
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Shive Hattery will conduct a traffic count and data analysis on East LeClaire Road, from First Street to Scott Park Road, and offer a full report by mid-summer.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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3/20/24
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Kay Pence, chair of the Scott County Democratic Party, filed to run for Iowa House District 70, on March 15, the same day local school districts were required by law to certify their 2025 school year budgets.
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3/20/24
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Eldridge city staff emailed this letter at 1:57 p.m., Friday, March 15, to the North Scott Press. Assistant City Administrator Jeff Martens wrote, “In the interest of being transparent the attached letter was emailed to the Utility Board by the Mayor this afternoon.”
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3/20/24
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As lawmakers ended the second funnel deadline of the 2024 legislative session, many of the priorities laid out by Republican leadership at the beginning of the session remain in limbo – while many more were taken out of the running for consideration.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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3/20/24
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School districts would be required to report to a state board if they take disciplinary action against licensed employees for “grooming” or abusing a student under a bill passed by the Iowa House March 11.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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3/20/24
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Despite a slight reduction in expected incoming taxes, the Revenue Estimating Conference predicted Iowa will collect about $9.6 billion in the current fiscal year as Iowa lawmakers begin review of individual income tax cuts proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds and lawmakers.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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3/20/24
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