President Donald Trump on Monday told House Republicans, who were gathered in Florida for a policy retreat, that he expects the war in Iran will wrap up “quickly,” though he didn’t give specifics, Jennifer Shutt reports.
The Iowa Senate passed a bill Monday updating laws for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, but declined to debate a Democrat-led amendment to strengthen water pollution regulations, Cami Koons reports.
Iowa senators sent a bill to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk Monday that would prevent local governments from providing civil rights protections to groups not protected under state law, including transgender Iowans, Robin Opsahl reports.
Inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the past several weeks, including offenses related to expired meat, cockroaches and mice, and moldy food, Clark Kauffman reports.
Two of the best-known candidates in Iowa’s gubernatorial race, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra and Iowa Auditor Rob Sand, submitted their petition signatures to qualify for the 2026 ballot Monday, Robin Opsahl reports.
Americans are paying more for gas Monday as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran chokes off a significant route for roughly one-fifth of the world’s petroleum products, Ashley Murray reports.
As communities’ concerns grow over rising electricity prices and the environmental effects of data centers, some local and state officials want to halt development of the facilities, Stateline reports.
Dave Price, Laura Belin and Kathe Obradovich discuss the ousting of Kristi Noem, cancellation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Iowa trip for Rep. Zach Nunn, and GOP gubernatorial candidate Randy Feenstra's seven-figure ad buy, plus some Statehouse news.
A state-led program is helping farmers convert less-than-desirable crop lands into pasture, Cami Koons reports.
Iowa regulators have awarded a marital-therapy license to a man who had sex with a female client while providing her and her husband with marriage counseling, Clark Kauffman reports.
Finalists for the presidency at Iowa’s largest community college visited Ankeny and Des Moines this week from across the U.S. to pitch themselves for the leadership role, Brooklyn Draisey reports via Report for America.
The Muscatine County Jail was promised a 75% increase in potential revenue for holding federal immigration detainees during the first year of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, newly disclosed records show, Clark Kauffman reports.
The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement determined regulations on fertilizers, animal feeding operations and agricultural drainage, among other policy changes, would improve water quality and public health in Iowa, Cami Koons reports.
“Without doubt, this was the hardest decision I ever had to make in public life and one of the most difficult in my entire life,” former Iowa Congressman Dave Nagle writes in a guest column.
The University of Northern Iowa is expanding its education in artificial intelligence with two new bachelor’s degree programs and additional certification, Brooklyn Draisey reports via Report for America.
The United States lost 92,000 jobs in February, edging unemployment up slightly according to the latest employment figures released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Ashley Murray reports.
Two more state-employed prison nurses are facing disciplinary charges alleging they injured a patient who subsequently died, Clark Kauffman reports.
Nearly one-third of the nation’s private sector workers are covered by paid leave programs as more states require employers to provide medical and family leave, according to a new analysis released this week, Stateline reports.
Bills to prohibit cloud seeding in Iowa, raise the punishment for animal torture and require state prioritization of vehicles with biodiesel fuel capacities were sent to the Senate following House approval Thursday, Cami Koons reports.
Iowa House Republicans approved a bill Thursday banning local governments from providing anti-discrimination protections for groups not listed in the state’s Civil Rights Act, Robin Opsahl reports.
The top Democrat on the U.S. House Budget Committee sent a letter to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Thursday, asking its experts to determine how much the war in Iran could cost, Jennifer Shutt reports.
House Republicans and a handful of Democrats followed the Senate in blocking a measure Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from furthering the war in Iran without authorization from Congress, Ashley Murray reports.
States Newsroom conducted a 50-state investigation examining state and federal budgets, as well as the tax records of crisis pregnancy centers, finding that while the magnitude of public funding for them is growing, oversight is not.
Gov. Kim Reynolds said Thursday she supports the U.S. military action in Iran, as she mourned the loss of two Iowa soldiers in an Iranian strike on a Kuwait facility on March 1, Robin Opsahl reports.
President Donald Trump Thursday said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will be leaving the post for a job as a special envoy amid bipartisan criticism of her handling of the department, Ariana Figueroa reports.
A second Iowan was identified Wednesday as one of the six U.S. military members killed in an Iranian strike on a facility in Kuwait, Robin Opsahl reports.
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The Iowa House passed legislation Wednesday to bring baccalaureate degrees to Iowa’s community colleges, with calls from Democrats for each lawmaker to assess the impacts on their districts, Brooklyn Draisey reports via Report for America.
The Iowa House passed two measures Wednesday that Democrats and opponents said would harm marginalized populations, including transgender Iowans, throughout the state, Robin Opsahl reports.
