12 Iowa GOP senators question eminent domain, causing uncertainty for carbon-capture pipeline

Major utility company hit with lawsuit over decades of toxic dumping in state waterways: 'We are concerned'

A major utility in Iowa is facing legal trouble after allegedly discharging toxic groundwater into waterways without the proper permit. Environmental groups say the discharge contains heavy metals like arsenic, cobalt, lithium, and manganese — pollutants that can harm ecosystems and pose serious health risks. What's happening? At the center of the issue is the Ottumwa Midland coal ash landfill, operated since the mid-1990s by Interstate Power an…

12 GOP Senators look to force vote on eminent domain; Iowa statehouse session extended

Iowa lawmakers were supposed to end the session Friday.However, they still have a lot of work left on the table. Getting the state budget passed is the biggest

12 Iowa senators withholding budget vote until eminent domain reform debated

If the defiant dozen keep their promise, Republicans may not have enough support to pass a budget on their own

Midwest pipeline could face new hurdle as Iowa lawmakers question eminent domain

A proposed carbon-capture pipeline that would traverse through several Midwestern states could face more hurdles in Iowa as a dozen Republican state senators try to force a vote.

12 Iowa GOP senators question eminent domain, causing uncertainty for carbon-capture pipeline

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A proposed carbon-capture pipeline that would traverse through several Midwestern states could face more hurdles in Iowa as a dozen Republican state senators try to force the issue to a vote. Summit Carbon Solutions already will likely have to readjust plans for their estimated $8.9 billion, 2,500-mile (4,023-kilometer) project after South Dakota's governor signed a ban on the use of eminent domain — the government seizur…

Legislative session into overtime over eminent domain, budget

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