House Democrats are proposing a cap on the price of insulin, a freeze on tuition rates at community colleges and the three state universities and several other policies they say would lower costs for Iowans. […]

More than 100 members of the legislature have voted to get rid of the requirement that tattoo artists show they’ve completed high school in order to get a state tattoo permit. Republican Representative Hans Wilz […]

House Democrats are proposing a cap on the price of insulin, a freeze on tuition rates at community colleges and the three state universities and several other policies they say would lower costs for Iowans. […]

The number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico dropped this year. Nicole Shimp with the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium says they can tell the population by the number of monarchs in the tree canopy. “The […]

The University of Iowa is joining 15 of the nation’s most prominent universities in a new effort to help students from rural areas enroll  and succeed in college. Brent Gage, in the U-I’s enrollment management […]

A key senator says priority issues are included in an education bill House Republicans just expanded to include things like alternative pathways for teacher licensing and defining what would be considered age appropriate school library […]

One of the state’s largest independent agricultural banks released its annual survey of thousands of farmers, gauging their opinions on a range of topics. Bank Iowa president and CEO Jim Plagge says 67% of farmers […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for six more counties in response to last Friday’s storms. The governor’s latest proclamation allows state resources to be utilized to recover from the effects of this […]

A survey team from the National Weather Service is looking over the damage from a tornado that touched down in south-central Iowa last night near Knoxville and Pleasantville. Meteorologist Donna Dubberke, at the Weather Service […]

The Iowa DNR was recently called to a hotel parking lot in Sioux City to remove a porcupine. DNR wildlife biologist Vince Evelsizer, says that’s a call that doesn’t happen often. “It’s pretty rare in […]

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst will be hosting her annual “Roast and Ride” fundraiser on June 3 and it could be a showcase for some of the GOP’s 2024 presidential candidates. In June of 2015, seven […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that will consolidate 37 state agencies into just 16 departments and eliminate dozens of unfilled positions in state government. “Not only will Iowans receive better service […]

A new report says northwest Iowa’s Sioux County is the healthiest county in the state, while Montgomery County, in the southwest, ranks last. The County Health Rankings and Roadmaps rates counties’ health outcomes nationwide based […]

Residents living near Keota southwest of Iowa City are still cleaning up following the large tornado that went through the area Friday. There’s not much left on the farm Lindsay Greiner owns that isn’t mangled, […]

The first month of the outdoor track and field season in Iowa has already yielded more than 130 Blue Standard performances to automatically qualify those athletes for the 113th Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered […]

Members of the public have debated a proposal to require more frequent income checks and a new asset test for Iowans receiving food stamps or health care coverage through Medicaid. Andres Reyes, the senior pastor […]

Iowa’s spring turkey hunting season is scheduled to start later this week. Nate Carr, a conservation officer with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says Iowa’s youngest hunters will fire the first shots. “Youth season […]