The Iowa House has approved a bill designed to give liability protection to schools that choose to let teachers or other staff volunteer to undergo training and carry a weapon to respond to a shooting. […]

A University of Iowa pilot program launched in 2019 to help older Iowans continue living independently in their homes is seeing wide success and will soon be available statewide. Brian Kaskie, a UI professor of […]

The Iowa House has voted to set limits for the pay of temporary nursing staff working in Iowa hospitals and nursing homes. A traveling nurse could be paid no more than 150% of the statewide […]

Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra of Hull says the U.S. House will start voting tonight on a series of budget bills, but there’s no deal yet on a temporary spending plan that would avert a federal […]

Authorities say a child was killed in eastern Iowa last night in the crash of a utility terrain vehicle. The Iowa State Patrol says the UTV went out of control along a Cedar County road […]

The Iowa Senate has voted to establish fines for food processors that sell products in Iowa with labels suggesting food made with plant or insect based protein is a meat-based product. Senator Dawn Driscoll raises […]

A federal appeals court has upheld a 2021 state law that bans schools from issuing mask mandates. A group of families filed a federal lawsuit, arguing Iowa schools must allowed to require masking to protect […]

A Delaware County sheriff’s deputy is being awarded the county’s first Medal of Valor for acts of bravery last fall. Deputy Matt Menard intercepted a shooting suspect in Hopkinton on November 7th, tried to take […]

The Iowa Department of Transportation says it could take some time before the Mississippi River Bridge at Lansing is reopened to traffic. A DOT update today says engineers have found movement in two piers on […]

The Dubuque County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after more than half-a-million dollars in federal funding intended for the city of Dyersville went missing in what appears to be an e-mail hack. The Dubuque County auditor’s […]

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says she shares Iowans’ frustration as congress approaches another deadline and the potential for a federal government shutdown. “I always say it’s not the 11th hour until it’s the 11th hour […]

House Democrats are proposing a state directed investment option for Iowans who don’t have access to a retirement plan through their employer. Iowa businesses with five or more employees that don’t offer pensions or 401ks […]

The Dubuque County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after more than half-a-million dollars in federal funding intended for the city of Dyersville went missing in what appears to be an e-mail hack. The Dubuque County auditor’s […]

The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee will hold an oversight hearing tomorrow on the U.S.D.A. at which U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack is scheduled to testify. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says one key focus of the […]

Third District Congressman Zach Nunn held a meeting recently in southwest Iowa to share information about the development of new approaches to fight the opioid crisis in rural Iowa. Nunn, a Republican from Bondurant, says […]

The wife of a prison guard who was murdered by an inmate at the Anamosa State Penitentiary is calling for changes in Iowa’s collective bargaining law. “My heart aches as I stand here today, not […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says “American farmland needs to remain in American hands” and she will quickly sign one of the first bills to clear the 2024 legislature. The bill closes a loophole that could let […]

The Iowa House has given final legislative approval a bill that gets rid of the gender balance requirement for Iowa boards and commissions. Republican Representative Jane Bloomingdale of Northwood said it’s an “antiquated” law. “Gender […]

A bill under consideration in the Iowa House would lower the state tax rate for Iowa’s state-licensed casinos to be at or near the tax rate for casinos in Nebraska and Missouri. Illinois casinos have […]

The Humboldt County Sheriff says a Humboldt Middle School teacher is charged with having a relationship with an underage high school student. Information from the Sheriff’s Department says they started investigating reports of a possible […]