State News

Iowa’s popular Bottle Bill appears to be headed for major changes — or it may wind up on the trash heap. Key negotiators for House and Senate Republicans say the bottle and can redemption system […]

State tax collections are soaring — up nearly eight-and-a-half percent in the past nine months compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year. Jeff Robinson of the Legislative Services Agency said there have […]

A Hampton woman faces prison time and a fine after pleading guilty to federal charges of receiving unemployment benefits in other people’s names. The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa says 53-year-old Stephanie […]

Two key Republican lawmakers say they may consider getting rid of Iowa’s Bottle Bill if the legislature can’t agree on how to fix it this year. Republican Senator Jason Schultz of Schleswig led debate last […]

A 30-year-old teacher in western Iowa has been arrested and charged with sex crimes against a minor. Benjamin Hanson was a first year teacher at Eagle Grove high school. He was arrested on Friday on […]

Records show state social workers determined more than nine-thousand Iowa children were either abused or neglected in 2021. April of this year is Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Child Assistance Resource and Education or […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is a “no” on President Biden’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Grassley said he and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson have “fundamentally different views on the role judges should play in […]

Several dozen people gathered on the state capitol steps Sunday for a rally to support transgender Iowans. Jo Allen was a lead organizer of the event. “People that run this state don’t necessarily listen to […]

A 62-year-old Cedar Rapids man has been charged with beating a woman to death with a board. Cedar Rapids Police say Arthur Flowers called 911 to report a woman had overdosed on heroin in his […]

Iowa’s unemployment rate fell again in recent numbers announced for February. Iowa Workforce Development Director, Beth Townsend, says there were a lot of positive numbers in the monthly data. “We saw more people return to […]

Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says bird flu has been confirmed in two more sites in the state. “In the state of Iowa, we’ve got 12 confirmed cases,” Naig said today during taping of “Iowa […]

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, was one of two members of the Iowa delegation to vote against a U.S. House bill that caps the cost of insulin at $35. Hinson says she […]

The Iowa Supreme Court threw out one portion of the case,  but has upheld an award to a transgender nurse who used to work for the Iowa Department of Corrections. Jesse Vroeghsued after he transitioned […]

Disconnection notices will start going out to thousands of Iowa residents behind on their bills for electricity and natural gas as the winter moratorium on utility disconnections ends today. Figures from the Iowa Utilities Board […]

The USDA estimates American farmers will plant more soybeans and less corn this year compared to last year. Randy Broesder, general manager at the Forest City Farmers Coop, says that’s not quite the trend locally. […]

Two Republican voters are asking a judge to rule that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer failed to qualify for the June Primary ballot. Finkenauer’s campaign was required to submit petitions from at least 19 […]

A survey released by the Realtors Land Institute shows land values haven’t dropped off at all. Scott Seifert presented the results. “From September 1st, 2021 to March 1st, 2022 as a state average on farmland […]

A Senate committee has approved a bill that would send a million dollars in state funding to a private organization operating a crisis pregnancy center. Senator Mark Costello of Imogene and the other Republicans on […]

The USS Sioux City is among a group of ships the U.S. Navy is considering decommissioning in a budget-cutting move. The Navy’s plan is to eliminate five cruisers, nine littoral combat ships — including the […]

Governor Kim Reynolds is urging her fellow Republicans in the Iowa House to approve her plan to provide state-funded scholarships to parents who’ll be enrolling their children in a private school. All but one Republican […]