State News

A bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing in girls sports in Iowa has cleared a House subcommittee after a nearly hour-long public hearing. Poppy Malone of Boone, a 7th grader in Ames Middle […]

A special investigation by the State Auditor’s office has found the former director of the ISU Extension Office in Jones County was responsible for nearly $86,000 in improper and undocumented spending in the agency. The […]

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst appeared with colleagues from both parties Wednesday to introduced the bipartisan bill reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. Ernst says it is something she has been working on for more than […]

The top Democrat on a key committee is calling for extensions on the eviction notices sent to employees who live in state-owned housing inside 23 state parks. The Department of Natural Resources estimates it would […]

The Iowa Department of Public Safety is relaunching its Missing Person Information Clearinghouse website after making some upgrades. Medina Rahmanovic says the iowamissingpersons.com site now has a comprehensive search feature. “Where you can search the […]

The governor’s plan to require that most Iowa fueling stations sell gas with a 15% ethanol blend has cleared the Senate Ag Committee — without any debate. Republican Senator Dan Zumbach of Ryan was the […]

An array of education-related bills will be under consideration at the Iowa Capitol today. The Senate is tentatively scheduled to debate a bill that would increase per pupil spending on Iowa’s public schools by 2.25%, […]

A Sergeant Bluff woman is writing a book about her experience with Turner Syndrome (TS) — a chromosomal disorder that affects one in every two-thousand newborn girls. Nicole Cleveland of was diagnosed with TS at […]

The four Iowans who serve in the U.S. House have voted in favor of a bill that directs the U.S. Postal Service to continue delivering the mail six days a week. The bipartisan bill also […]

A key lawmaker is taking steps to launch an investigation of a northern Iowa judge accused of manipulating the process for nominating a district court judge. House Judiciary Committee chairman Steven Holt of Denison, a […]