From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:
Governor Kim Reynolds has vetoed the legislature’s eminent domain bill that would prohibit companies like the one trying to build a carbon capture pipeline from taking landowner properties for their project. Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley quickly called for the legislature to re-convene to override the veto. The Governor says the bill threatens Iowa’s economy and energy reliability. Speaker Grassley says the veto is a setback for Iowa landowners.
Governor Reynolds signed several other bills into law late yesterday. One calls for the reform of pharmacy benefit managers, who are essentially the middlemen in negotiations between pharmacies and insurers. Another will create residency requirements for the University of Iowa medical and dental schools to address the state’s doctor shortage. And another will create a new committee to review conference alignment for Iowa high school sports.
Iowa Health and Human Services confirms a case of measles in Johnson County. The agency says an unvaccinated child was exposed to measles during international travel. While they were infectious, the child visited three stores in Johnson County and potentially exposed others. Last Wednesday, June 4, the child was at Costco in Coralville and the Walmart on Highway 1 West in Iowa City. The next day, they were at Marshalls on Coral Ridge Avenue in Coralville.
Two people in Iowa City are charged after police say they stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from their family member. Keelan France and Nicole Linderholm are both charged with financial exploitation of an older individual. According to criminal complaints, France was the caregiver for his grandmother who has Alzheimer’s. He withdrew more than $800,000 from her IRA account, and put more than $650,000 in Linderholm’s accounts. Linderholm is her daughter. Investigators say the two worked together to use their family member’s cognitive decline to take her money.
More than 30 dogs were confiscated from an unlicensed Cedar County breeder on Friday. It’s the second seizure of animals from the breeder in two years. The Animal Rescue League of Des Moines is housing the dogs, and helped adopt the animals two years ago as well. The sheriff’s office confirmed the breeder surrendered 30 dogs in 2023 and another 32 dogs last Friday.
