A northwest Iowa banker says there’s too much red tape in federal disaster recovery programs. “Disaster victims are in no position to complete that excessive paperwork,” Gus Barker, president and CEO of First Community Bank in Newell, said this afternoon during testimony at a U.S. Senate Small Business Committee hearing. Barker told senators about helping […]
Iowa Senate will not vote on casino moratorium this session
The Iowa Senate will not consider a proposed five-year moratorium on new casinos in Iowa. Senator Ken Rozenboom, chairman of the