A five-year moratorium on new casinos in Iowa has passed the Iowa House this afternoon and the same proposal has been approved by a committee in the Senate. If the bill becomes law by early next Thursday morning,

With a looming deadline of Feb. 6, the Iowa House approved a bill Thursday that would set a five-year moratorium on new casinos in Iowa. The House passed House File

The author of a bill to establish a five-year moratorium on new casino licenses says it will be considered in a House committee next week. Representative Bobby Kaufmann’s bill would block the bid for a new casino in Cedar Rapids.

House lawmakers are moving quickly on the proposed casino moratorium, passing the measure through a subcommittee meeting Monday with plans to consider it at a full Ways and Means Committee meeting later the same day.

An Iowa GOP lawmaker has introduced a gambling gaming license moratorium bill that could foil Cedar Rapids' plans to bring a casino to town. The legislation com

House lawmakers on Monday advanced legislation to create a five-year moratorium on new state-licensed casinos in Iowa. The move comes as the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission nears a decision at its Feb.

Iowa lawmakers have taken swift action on a proposed casino moratorium that would temporarily halt the licensing of new casinos in the state. House Study Bill 80, which was advanced Monday by both a subcommittee and the House Ways and Means Committee,

Iowa lawmakers are looking to fast-track a bill halting new gaming licenses, potentially blocking Linn County's third try for a casino.

WHO 13's Zach Fisher reports

It took the Iowa House 11 minutes to pass legislation, 68-31, that would retroactively enact a five-year moratorium on issuing new casino licenses in the state.