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Iowa biofuels deal will require most gas stations to sell E15 – Iowa Capital Dispatch
Iowa gasoline stations can be required to promote gasoline with the next ethanol mix below a long-awaited biofuels deal amongst Republican lawmakers within the Home and Senate.
Molly Severn, legislative liaison for Gov. Kim Reynolds, stated the invoice was “the results of important compromise from everybody alongside the gasoline provide chain, from farmers to gasoline retailers.”
“This invoice helps to strengthen Iowa’s financial system at a time once we’re seeing hovering inflation and vitality costs, in addition to provide chain and workforce challenges,” Severn stated. “We’re making ready Iowa to satisfy these headwinds and are available out stronger on the opposite facet.”
The newest model of Home File 2128 requires fueling stations to promote E15, a gasoline mix with 15% ethanol. Most stations that carry ethanol at present promote a ten% mix.
Gasoline stations that promote fewer than 300,000 gallons a yr can be eligible for a waiver, below the amended invoice. That quantities to a few third of Iowa gasoline stations, which account for simply 6% of total gross sales, in line with Sen. Waylon Brown, R-Osage.
Fueling stations are eligible for state funding to assist them make the required infrastructure modifications to promote E15. The smallest retailers may obtain a state grant for as much as 90% of an improve price.
“The fact is, most of those small retailers, they’re going to have the chance to decide out of this,” Sen. Dan Dawson, R-Council Bluffs, stated. “However we need to ensure that simply because you will have a waiver doesn’t imply you’ll be able to’t nonetheless take part if you wish to.”
An awesome bipartisan majority within the Home handed the biofuels invoice in early February, quickly after the legislative session started. On Monday, the Senate lastly took up the laws, amending it to replicate a compromise between each chambers.
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A number of Democrats raised considerations the proposal was a “mandate” for companies and famous that {the summertime} gross sales of E15 might not proceed. President Joe Biden visited Iowa earlier this month to announce the momentary sale of year-round E15. Often, fueling stations might not promote E15 from June till September resulting from air pollution considerations.
“I’ll maintain my nostril and vote for this right this moment, very reluctantly… and primarily as a result of I’ve in my group a biodiesel plant,” stated Sen. Pam Jochum, D-Dubuque. “However I’ll be darned if I can work out why we predict mandating it is a good concept on E15.”
Brown stated Reynolds may waive the requirement to promote E15 if federal legislation as soon as once more prohibited it within the hotter months.
A Senate committee accepted the invoice on Monday afternoon. The Senate and Home are anticipated to move the laws later this week.
The ethanol invoice was considered one of a number of proposals held up in negotiations among the many two chambers and Reynolds, pushing the session previous its allotted 100 days. Dawson stated the deal was a step in the best path towards adjournment.
HAWARDEN, Iowa (KTIV) – The Big Sioux River at Hawarden could see some major flooding, which has spurred the community to take action.
Out in Hawarden, Iowa, volunteers and officials put together sandbags for potential flooding of the Big Sioux River. As of 12:30 p.m., the Big Sioux was at 23.5 feet, and Sioux County officials say it will crest at 36.8 feet on Sunday evening. The flood stage for the river is 20.5 and this crest will break the 35.2 feet record the Big Sioux has at Hawarden.
Several other communities like Hawarden are preparing just in case.
Another Iowa town, Akron, is anticipating the river to crest at 24.3 feet, which is getting close to its record of 25 feet. Akron officials and volunteers also plan to prepare sandbags Friday for what may come tonight and into the weekend.
Out in Rock Valley, sandbags have been delivered to the local police department and city officials are alerting residents that evacuations may be needed.
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SAC CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – The once missing Iowa trucker found dead on a farm in rural Sac County about two months ago died from hypothermia related to acute meth intoxication, the Sioux City Journal reports.
The report, which cites a death certificate for David Schultz, says he ingested the drug, then died when he was exposed to the cold temperatures outside.
Schultz went missing in November 2023, sparking a massive search effort.
His body was found in April 2024 in the 1900 block of Union Avenue, which is close to the location his truck was found. It’s unclear why his body wasn’t recovered sooner.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Television Iowa Capitol Bureau) – Libertarians will be on the ballot statewide for the first time since 2018.
Incumbent Republican Congressman Zach Nunn will face off against a well-funded Democrat, and now a Libertarian entering the field may make it even tougher.
Marco Battaglia says his candidacy gives voters a choice to break away from the two-party system.
“We got Polk County pretty much where people just show up and check, you know, the D next to the name. And we got a lot of the other counties where people just show up and check the R next to the name. A good goal would just to be get people thinking about those three options rather than just knowing they’re going to show up and vote for a color,” Battaglia said.
In 2022, Nunn won by 2,145 votes against Democrat Cindy Axne.
With yet another tight race on the horizon, Battaglia says he’s not worried about being labeled a spoiler.
“I think that’s a really shortsighted way of looking at politics. The sooner that Iowans and the people of the district get used to a multi-party system, a system where someone can just run as no party as an independent and have a fair race the better I think it’ll be for everyone that lives here,” Battaglia said.
Iowa State University Political Science Professor Dave Peterson says if Battaglia has any impact on the race, it would be as a spoiler.
“The margins matter, right? If the Libertarian pulls a couple of points from Nunn – if that takes him from 53 to 51, not a big deal. But if it takes him just over the edge where the Democrat, you know, has slightly more then it matters, but I think that’s unlikely. I think Nunn is likely to win this race,” Peterson said.
Peterson says the effects of a third-party candidate may be muted since Donald Trump being on the ballot will lead to higher Republican turnout.
Battaglia isn’t the only Libertarian running for Congress. In Eastern Iowa, Nicholas Gluba is running in Iowa’s 1st congressional district. In Northwest Iowa, Charles Aldrich is running in the 4th district.
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Conner Hendricks covers state government and politics for Gray Television-owned stations in Iowa. Email him at conner.hendricks@gray.tv; and follow him on Facebook at Conner Hendricks TV or on X/Twitter @ConnerReports.
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