The national Democratic Party approved changes Saturday to its presidential primary calendar for 2024, knocking the Iowa party off its envied first-in-the-nation perch as the starting gun for the presidential election.
Attorney General Brenna Bird signed onto a letter warning retail pharmacies they could violate federal law by mailing abortion pills.
Debate at the Iowa Capitol over proposed additional restrictions on the food assistance program known as SNAP turned to eligibility and work requirements.
DES MOINES — Iowa’s K-12 public schools would get a 3% increase in per-pupil state funding for the next school year under proposals from the Republican majorities in the House and Senate — larger than the increase sought by the governor but smaller than what Democrats wanted.
Twenty-one projects that have received $74.7 million in loans or grants to improve infrastructure and expand business in rural Iowa.
ST. LOUIS — Attorneys general in 20 conservative-led states warned CVS and Walgreens on Wednesday that they could face legal consequences if they sell abortion pills by mail in those states.
Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is back to work this week at the U.S. Capitol after undergoing surgery Jan. 11 to repair a fracture in his hip.
Also, a property tax mistake is on its way to being fixed, and LGBTQ activists lobby at the Capitol.
DES MOINES — While LGBTQ children pleaded Tuesday with state lawmakers to be treated with decency and respect, supporters of a Republican-led proposal to bar Iowa’s public schools from teaching lesbian, gay and transgender-themed issues mocked trans youth, claimed that schools should follow …
More than 260 Iowa nursing home and assisted living facility residents must search for a new place to live.
The bill would amount to a $106.8 million boost for Iowa's schools.
This year, Republicans considering a challenge to Democrat Joe Biden seem frozen by Donald Trump’s early announcement of a 2024 campaign.
The bill would cap non-economic damages t o$1 million from lawsuits involving commercial vehicle companies.
Former U.S. Sen. David Durenberger became a critic of the Republican Party as it tilted toward fiscal conservatives focused on slashing government programs.
DES MOINES — Representatives for Iowa’s cities, counties, school districts and community colleges urged lawmakers this week to delay for a year changing the property tax rollback rate for residential properties to fix an oversight from a previously passed property tax reform package.
Solar arrays would need to be 150 feet from nearest property and 1,250 feet from nearest residence and livestock facility.
Also, bills advance limiting medical malpractice lawsuits and providing protections for black bears.
Republicans say they plan to amend the bill and eliminate only candy and soda, except for zero-calorie sodas.
Bill would make the sale of a drug resulting in death a Class B felony.
Bill would make the sale of a drug resulting in death a Class B felony.
A former chief of staff for Gov. Terry Branstad and a former Republican lawmaker helped grease the skids for C6-Zero, whose Marengo plant exploded in December.
Branstad will lead the foundation which gives an annual prize for innovation in quality and quantity of global agriculture.
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DES MOINES — A state-funded private school financial assistance package costing $345 million a year is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk, where her signature would seal her top legislative priority into state law.
Nine Republicans in the House and three in the Senate broke with the majority party to oppose the measure, which will cost $345 million annually when fully implemented.
A proposal for state-funded savings accounts for Iowa parents to pay for private school would cost the state roughly $345 million annually once fully implemented, according to a nonpartisan fiscal analysis released Monday just hours before lawmakers began voting on the proposal.
