DES MOINES – Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Klimesh introduced legislation on Tuesday related to property rights and eminent domain. Iowa Capital Dispatch reports one measure allows hazardous liquid pipeline operators to choose alternative routes to avoid eminent domain, and the other places a tax on sequestered carbon dioxide. The senate version is different from proposals in the Iowa House that would ban carbon sequestration pipelines from using eminent domain outright.

IOWA – A mix of winter weather impacts are set to arrive today across the state. Wind gusts above 40 MPH today statewide will be coupled with snow for many along and north of Highway 20 in northern Iowa, creating travel impacts there. Much colder air is set to follow starting Thursday night, with air temperatures well below zero expected and a range of wind chills between 20 to 40 below zero possible on Friday. That frigid air is expected to settle in through at least Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

CEDAR RAPIDS – The Cedar Rapids School Board voted to make nearly $13 million in budget cuts in the upcoming fiscal year. Iowa Public Radio reports that the Cedar Rapids Community School District is currently running a $4 million per year deficit, which is expected to grow to $12 million due to declining enrollment. The move includes reducing 33 positions through attrition and freezing administrator pay for one year.