A day after the governor’s proposed overhaul of Area Education Agencies was tabled by an Iowa House subcommittee, House Speaker Pat Grassley told reporters House Republicans intend to “reset” the
Democrats in the Iowa House are calling for an increase in the minimum wage, an expansion of the annual state sales tax holiday and a state subsidy for some child
While many Iowans are enjoying temperatures well above normal in the 40s and 50s, it was just two weeks ago that high temps were some 60 to 70-degrees colder —
The economies in Iowa and the Midwest improved, slightly, during January, according to Creighton University’s monthly survey of business leaders and supply managers in Iowa and eight other states. Creighton
The chairmen of House and Senate committees that oversee tax policy are proposing what they describe as a sustainable way to gradually eliminate Iowa’s individual income tax. The idea? Have
With Valentine’s Day coming up, we’ll be seeing a lot of red hearts, but also because it’s American Heart Month. Brian Geelan is a spokesman for the Iowa chapter of
The paddlefish snagging season on the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers opens today. The DNR’s western Iowa fisheries supervisor, Chris Larson, says river conditions should be good. “As soon as
Today is George Washington Carver Day in Iowa, and a Des Moines attorney will portray the world-famous agricultural scientist at their shared alma mater of Iowa State University. When he
All three members of a House panel have voted against a bill that would have removed protections for gender identity from Iowa’s Civil Rights Act. Republican Representative John Wills of
Governor Kim Reynolds is urging legislators to advance her plan to overhaul the state’s Area Education Agencies. “To stick our head in the sand and say: ‘Everything is perfect. I
