DES MOINES – Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced on Monday how the state will use $126 million received from a settlement with Meta over violation of consumer protection laws. WHO-13 reports that just over half of those dollars will resolve harm caused, which includes a restitution fund for Iowa children impacted. The Attorney General announced $31 million will go toward consumer protection enforcement, grants for Iowa schools to bolster social media protections, and a special victims unit for those impacted by deep-fake or artificial intelligence-based sexual content.
DES MOINES – Des Moines city leaders voted on Monday to approve several-million dollars in budget cuts to address a $17 million projected shortfall in the coming fiscal years. KCCI-TV reports that 15 city employees were laid off and 28 vacant positions were eliminated as part of $12 million in reductions. Des Moines city leadership referenced the property tax bill passed by the Iowa Legislature capping revenue growth at two percent annually for cities as to why the cuts were happening.
IOWA – While there will be times of dry conditions, the overall pattern will be a wet with periods of heavy rainfall this week. The locally heavy rainfall will lead to the potential for flash flooding, which started for communities just west of the Des Moines metro overnight, with some communities receiving four-to-six inches of precipitation. As the water routes into area waterways, river levels will rise as will the potential for river flooding on some rivers by later this week, according to the National Weather Service.
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