The House Ethics Committee has unanimously voted to dismiss a complaint against Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne after concluding there’s “not clear evidence” Axne made “willful” errors on financial disclosures.
Last year a watchdog group accused Axne and six other House members of failing to report stock trades. Axne said she and her husband leave their investment decisions to account managers and didn’t make any stock trades themselves and Axne didn’t realize she was to file public .reports about any of that account activity.
Axne, a Democrat from West Des Moines, has hired a lawyer to file the reports about her investment accounts.
Negotiators with the United Steelworkers have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract for 950 workers at the Bridgestone-Firestone factory in Des Moines.
Bridgestone-Firestone makes tires for tractors and farm implements. The current contract for 4000 workers at the company’s factories in Iowa and four other states expired at 11 last night. Employees are still at work and union members will vote on the new contract proposal soon.
Iowa State University will launch a new major this fall focusing on climate science . The one-of-a-kind study program aims to prepare students to solve climate-based challenges.
The bachelor of science degree will allow students to choose their own focus. Chair of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences Kristie Franz says it can prepare them for careers in everything from sustainable design planning to advising private industries, like insurance.
After a cool morning with some overnight lows in the 50s, forecasters tell Radio Iowa that the state is in for a “prolonged heat event” next week.
Meteorologist Alex Krull, at the National Weather Service, says the switch from July to August will bring us some excessively hot days, with highs in the low 90s expected Sunday and Monday.
Krull says Tuesday, actual air temperatures will be between the mid-90s and upper 90s and that’ll send heat index values — or the feels-like temperature — above 100 degrees.
