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Iowa’s broad exemptions to employer vaccine mandates are working, House Speaker Pat Grassley said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON — Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week.
DES MOINES — Can the power of eminent domain be transferred from the county board of supervisors to a regional airport authority on an irrevocable basis?
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ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man accused of making and placing several homemade bombs in suburban Des Moines — including one that was found by an 8-year-old girl — pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Fourth-generation corn and soybean farmer Jeff Frank doesn’t feel rich, but simply based on the skyrocketing value of his land in northwest Iowa, it’s an apt way to describe him, even if he laughs at the idea.
DES MOINES — Law enforcement agencies and local governments could face penalties of up to $50,000 for enforcing certain federal regulations on firearms, under a proposal advanced Wednesday by Iowa lawmakers.
OTTUMWA — Indian Hills Community College has been awarded a federal grant that provides comprehensive financial and academic support to qualified students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Free press advocates pushed Iowa Senate leaders Wednesday to change a policy that removed reporters from the Senate floor for the first time in more than 100 years and moved them to a second-floor public gallery where they can't interact with lawmakers.
DES MOINES — Attempts in previous years to add requirements for Iowans who receive public benefits such as Medicaid and food assistance failed to pass both chambers in the Iowa Legislature.
Wayne County Attorney Alan Wilson is seeking a prison sentence in the lawsuit against Debra Eccleston, who has been charged with forging Promise City Mayor Brenda DeVore’s signature in order to embezzle more than $10,000 from the city, he told The Center Square in a phone interview Tuesday.
House lawmakers on Tuesday highlighted four proposals to support mental health care workers and increase access to mental health treatment in the state.
Tuesday was day five of the 2022 legislative session, and at least five people at the Capitol have tested positive for COVID-19.
DES MOINES — Sports wagering in Iowa exploded last year, topping $2 billion, and as the state’s share of the pot has grown so has interest in spending that tax revenue.
The federal government will begin releasing more than $5 billion for distressed bridges in the first year of funding under the recent infrastructure law.
DES MOINES — In four years, every Iowan’s income would be taxed at 4% by the state under a new proposal from Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Rachel Fratzke led her Mercy Iowa City nursing staff in a meditation session to start the workday Monday morning. A nurse manager, she had the nurses do deep breathing exercises and think about when they first wanted to be a nurse, or how they felt about passing their certifying board exams.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A surge in coronavirus cases in Iowa has significantly stressed medical centers as people rush to get tested, hospitalizations surge and health care workers are sidelined by illness, a hospital official said Thursday.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Wednesday reiterated his supports for term limits for members of Congress as he marked 63 consecutive years in public office and seeks re-election to an eighth term in the U.S. Senate.
DES MOINES — When life handed the judicial system lemons in the form of COVID-19, Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen formed a lemonade task force to review the emergency rules it had been operating under for more than a year.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Chief Justice Susan Christensen on Wednesday called for a nearly 7% increase in the court system's budget for next year in hopes of increasing salaries and hiring judges, attorneys and other staff after a hiring freeze.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds proposed Tuesday night that Iowa cut taxes by nearly $2 billion by moving to a 4% flat income tax phased in over four years and repealing all state taxes on retirement income beginning next year.
Republican members of Iowa's congressional delegation claimed Tuesday Democrats are manufacturing a voting crisis in order to exert more control from Washington, D.C.
Four Iowa legislators and two conservation advocates want funding for the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund – which has stayed empty since it was approved by voters in 2010.
The U.S. Senate has tabled discussion of President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion spending proposal, but Rep. Cindy Axne said Wednesday the bill was still “alive and well” in D.C.
Months before attackers supporting then-President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol last Jan. 6, social media sites were flooded with angry postings claiming the presidential election had been rigged and calling for violence.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday that Iowans can expect another round of tax cuts, proposed legislation to prod unemployed Iowans to find jobs and proposals to address a shortage of teachers and child care workers.
CEDAR RAPIDS — Warning that Iowans’ fundamental freedoms and rights are under attack by the Biden administration’s “radical socialist agenda,” a Republican county attorney is challenging Attorney General Tom Miller’s campaign for an 11th term.
For 12 years, Iowans have been waiting for the state Legislature to finance the Natural Resources & Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund, a sales-tax supported fund for clean water, productive agricultural soil and thriving wildlife habitat.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — State public health data released Monday indicates Iowa is beginning the new year with a large surge in coronavirus cases.
OSKALOOSA — South Central Iowa outdoorsmen may soon have the opportunity once again to take to area lakes to enjoy the celebrated winter sport of ice fishing.
In 2021, Kelli Greenland and her two children used food pantries more often than they ever have. As the year closes, the Des Moines mom is filled with uncertainty.
Iowa has identified 41 cases of the omicron variant in 12 of the state’s most populous counties, the Iowa Department of Public Health said Wednesday.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The county attorney prosecuting the case of two southeast Iowa teens charged with murde r in the death of their high school Spanish teacher said in court documents they surveilled her pattern of life, ambushed her along her daily walk and dragged her into the woods, r…
President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a sweeping defense authorization bill that includes nearly $770 billion in defense spending for fiscal year 2022.
DES MOINES — As work progresses on making a leakproof roof to protect more than 200 million pieces of Iowa history and culture at the State Historical Building, lawmakers promise to “intensify” their discussion of the planned improvements that could tally as much as $60 million.
Iowa schools reported rising enrollments and declining test scores in 2021, as students and teachers recover from disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Three Democratic state senators said Tuesday they plan to propose a constitutional amendment that would legalize the sale of recreational marijuana in Iowa for people ages 21 and older.
Iowa is expected to spend more than $9 million to place 100 out-of-state nurses and respiratory therapists at the state’s larger health care facilities for six weeks of the latest spike of COVID-19 hospitalizations.
DES MOINES — Matthew Eric Mason, formerly of Ottumwa and Des Moines, was sentenced to just over 15 years in prison on child pornography charges dating back to 2019.
OSKALOOSA — Oskaloosa's Holly Brink announced Tuesday she will not seek re-election to the Iowa statehouse, avoiding a primary for the new 88th district.
BLACK HAWK COUNTY — Iowa reports an unvaccinated child has tested positive with the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the state's first confirmed case.
LAKE RED ROCK — Iowa DNR conservation officers responded to a fatal hunting incident on Saturday around 2:45 pm near Lake Red Rock in Marion County.
OTTUMWA — Harbor Freight Tools, America’s go-to store for quality tools at the lowest prices, has announced that it will be opening a new store in Ottumwa this winter.
IOWA CITY — The migraines, exhaustion and shortness of breath have existed dating to before Darcy Havel-Sturdevant was diagnosed with COVID-19 in April 2020. The shortness of breath has improved a bit but the rest remain going into the Christmas holiday season.
Iowa’s rape shield law cannot be used to protect a 10-year-old victim from cross-examination about her past relationship with a second abuser, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled.
DES MOINES — Iowa’s years-long movement against vaccine mandates has grown significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, with several “medical freedom” groups gaining followers and political influence.
OTTUMWA — The 2021 Sparky Claus fundraiser, a joint effort between the Ottumwa Fire Department and the Salvation Army, is beginning to take donations.
OTTUMWA — Not long ago, Cara Galloway was like a lot of other people in Ottumwa. It seemed like a stepping stone to something bigger.
MONTEZUMA — Authorities late Friday confirmed that the remains found in a farm field northwest of Montezuma last month were in fact a missing boy from the area.
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