A new member has joined the Iowa House of Representatives on what may be the last week of the 2025 legislative session. Angel Ramirez, a Democrat from Cedar Rapids, won
The legislature has approved a bill to make it clear that when the State of Iowa seizes abandoned animals, the state owns the livestock. Last September, the state took over
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he had a private meeting late Monday afternoon with Mexico’s ambassador to the United States. Grassley says he and Ambassador Esteban Moctezuma Barragán focused on
A free webinar will be held next week to help Iowans navigate the complicated topic of long-term care insurance. Rayna Stoycheva, director for retirement security policy at the Harkin Institute,
Dry weather gave farmers almost one full week to pull their planters through the fields, and they got a lot of seed into the ground. The U.S.D.A. report says corn
The Iowa Senate has passed a bill with new guardrails that would make it harder for companies to seize property for carbon pipelines and other energy-related infrastructure. Senator Jeff Taylor
The Iowa House has sent the governor a bill that supporters say offers rural pharmacies financial relief by reigning in pharmacy benefit managers. PBMs negotiate drug prices. The bill requires
Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra has filed the paperwork to begin raising money for a campaign for governor. Feenstra was first elected to the U-S House in 2020, after defeating incumbent
The City of Ames has purchased property for a new animal shelter that will at least double the number of animals that can be taken in — and the shelter
The Iowa DNR is moving closing to making some changes in hunting and trapping regulations. The DNR’s Chris Ensminger discussed findings from public input meetings during the recent Natural Resources
