Oskaloosa teacher was fired after likening Charlie Kirk to Nazis in the immediate aftermath of the conservative activist’s slaying last fall.
By Clark Kauffman, - Iowa Capital Dispatch Education 4h ago4h ago
Oskaloosa teacher was fired after likening Charlie Kirk to Nazis in the immediate aftermath of the conservative activist’s slaying last fall.
Bailey Cichon On Iowa Politics Jan. 16, 2026 4:00 am7h ago
This week on the On Iowa Politics Podcast, Gov. Kim Reynolds gives her penultimate Condition of the State address, the Iowa Legislature’s annual work has begun, and so much more.
State Government 4h ago4h ago
Iowa schools will be required to show a fetal development video to students in grades five through 12 as part of human growth and development curriculum after the Iowa State Board of Education confirmed the implementation of a law passed last year.
K-12 Education Jan. 16, 2026 7:31 am4h ago
A fourth charter school — called Horizon Science Academy — received approval Thursday from the Iowa State Board of Education to open this fall in Cedar Rapids.
State Government Jan. 16, 2026 7:29 am4h ago
Clean water advocate and author Chris Jones formally launched his campaign for Iowa secretary of agriculture Thursday with a sharp critique of the state’s farm economy — calling for a “retreat from ethanol” and a fundamental shift in how Iowa produces food in order to improve water quality.
State Government Jan. 15, 2026 2:26 pm21h ago
Staff Sgts. Edgar Torres-Tovar and William Howard were honored during the annual address, given Thursday by Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Stephen Osborn
Vanessa Miller Higher Ed Jan. 15, 2026 2:31 pm21h ago
At the center of a legislative proposal to require undergraduate students at Iowa’s public universities to take courses on American history and American government is the question of what role lawmakers should have in a public university classroom.
Vanessa Miller Higher Ed Jan. 15, 2026 2:27 pm21h ago
Two years after changing Iowa Code to strip presidential-selection power from members of a university community, Republican legislators want to rewrite that amendment to clarify their intentions -- after a recent Iowa State University search concerned some lawmakers.
State Government Jan. 15, 2026 11:07 am1d ago
Watch as Major General Stephen E. Osborn, Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard, delivers the annual address to a joint session of the Iowa Legislature.
By Clark Kauffman, - Iowa Capital Dispatch
State Government Jan. 15, 2026 7:30 am1d ago
Two teachers, including one in Manchester, are suing the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners and its executive director over complaints of unethical conduct filed against them.
By Scott Stewart, - Council Bluffs Nonpareil
Business News Jan. 15, 2026 7:33 am1d ago
Lori Chavez-DeRemer tours Western Iowa Community College in Council Bluffs and Union Pacific dispatch center in Omaha.
Local Government Jan. 14, 2026 5:34 pm1d ago
A 96-unit multi family housing development is planned for Jordan Street on the south side of North Liberty. It is the first project in North Liberty history to receive workforce housing tax credits through the Iowa Economic Development Authority.
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