Senate rejects bill to require cost analyses and local ordinance approvals after debate over notice rules Senate File 2434, which would have required local governments to produce cost analyses for ordinances and to approve certain internal rules by ordinance, failed on a 31–14 roll call after debate about impacts on local newspapers and notice practices.

Iowa's Senate just rejected a bill aimed at enhancing local government accountability, sparking a heated debate over its potential impact on community newspapers and transparency.

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