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Booze, Broadband And Budgets

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The south side of Iowa's Capitol during the spring.
John Pemble / IPR
It was another busy week as the legislature focused on alcohol deliveries, broadband and budgets.

On this week's Under the Golden Dome:

  • A bill passed in the House allowing third party services to deliver beer, wine or liquor to people’s homes. Current law only allows an employee of a liquor license holder to do this.
  • The governor’s proposal to offer grants for high speed internet unanimously passed both chambers, but funding needs to come from another bill. The House appropriations committee advanced a bill that would add $100 million to that broadband proposal.
  • Other appropriations bills mostly approve status quo department budgets, including the state universities. Another bill adds $20 million to the Department of Corrections budget.
John Pemble is IPR's Technical Producer, News, with expertise in audio recording and production, hosting, and reporting. Pemble is also an accomplished journalist and podcast producer, and has won multiple awards for his podcast production work and audio reporting.