State News

The presidents of Iowa’s public universities are pushing back against the idea of ending tenure at their institutions. Republicans in the legislature are considering bills that would get rid of the tenure system at the […]

Governor Kim Reynolds this weekend lifted the restrictions on businesses and limited face covering requirements outlined in her previous pandemic proclamation. The public health measures Reynolds issued three months ago coincided with escalating numbers of […]

State road crews are continuing to work on the highways to scrape off the snow and ice following Thursday’s blizzard. DOT Winter Operations Administrator, Craig Bargfrede, says conditions are better in some areas today. “We’ve […]

Governor Kim Reynolds is lifting the mask mandates she established in mid-November, when the number of Covid patients in Iowa hospitals escalated to levels not previously seen in the pandemic. Gathering limits in businesses, like […]

While parts of Iowa are seeing near-record snowfalls this winter, points west are seeing less snow than usual, reinforcing concerns about a worsening drought in the spring. Hydrologist Kevin Low, with the Missouri Basin River […]

Four vehicles and a nine-member response team from the Animal Rescue League in Des Moines traveled through Thursday’s blizzard to rescue more than 40 dogs from a property in Marengo. The Animal Rescue League’s Joe […]

A death is now reported in one of the multi-vehicle crashes in Thursday’s snow storm. The state highway patrol now says one of the semi drivers died in a chain reaction crash on Highway 20 […]

The University of Iowa has landed an $8 million grant to purchase three semi-sized simulators that will help Iowa’s rural first responders and community hospital staffs brush up on emergency medicine. Cormac O’Sullivan, a U-I […]

A central Iowa woman has pleaded guilty for her role in what prosecutors describe as an effort to out “snitches” in a drug trafficking case. According to a news release from the U.S. Department of […]

Seven Democrats in the Iowa House are not going to the state Capitol, for Covid-related reasons, and House Democratic Leader Todd Prichard of Charles City is again asking Republicans who control House rules to let […]

Republican lawmakers are planning to reward public schools that held classes in-person this fall with more state money, a move Democrats describe as a slap at districts that held classes online. House Speaker Pat Grassley […]

Interstate 80 between Newton and Colfax was closed early this afternoon after a series of chain-reaction crashes involving up to 40 vehicles. The road was a sheet of ice, according to a spokesman for the […]

Iowa will receive a share of a multi-million dollar settlement with consulting firm McKinsey & Company for the firm’s role in fueling the opioid epidemic. Attorney General Tom Miller says the company help accelerate the […]

Governor Kim Reynolds is asking developers to submit proposals to the state for creation of a system that will help Iowans schedule Covid vaccinations. “Ideally, it would create a one-stop-shop where Iowans could provide their […]

Third District Congresswoman Cindy Axne is self quarantining after a member of her staff tested positive for COVID-19. Axne, a Democrat from West Des Moines, says she had been with the staff member on a […]

Iowa’s largest hospital used its entire week’s allotment of COVID-19 vaccines in a single day. Wednesday was the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ first day of inoculating people over 65. Hospital CEO Suresh Gunasekaran […]

The presidents of Iowa’s three state universities say their budgets have taken a hit during the pandemic and they’re asking legislators for an extra $18 million in the next state budgeting year, which begins July […]

A Senate committee has approved a bill to ban city ordinances that prevent landlords from rejecting potential tenants if they’re paying rent with federal housing vouchers. Senator Julian Garrett, a Republican from Indianola, said ordinances […]

Teenagers between the ages of 14-and-a-half and 16 could get a special state permit for driving to and from work on a farm if a bill that’s cleared the Iowa Senate unanimously becomes law. It […]

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst questioned the man nominated to lead the Environmental Protection Agency in a Senate hearing. Ernst asked nominee Michael Regan about issues surrounding renewable fuels — including the Renewable Fuel Standard.  “RFS […]