The Iowa House Public Safety Committee on Tuesday advanced legislation that would bar cities and counties from issuing local identification cards, sending the bill to the House floor for debate on a party-line vote, with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed.
Republican grassroots activists across Iowa used Monday night’s precinct caucuses to send an early signal of dissatisfaction with U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, the presumed front-runner in the open race for the GOP nomination for governor.
Public schools across Iowa will struggle to pay their bills if the state’s general funding for K-12 schools increases by just 1.75 percent — as proposed by Republican lawmakers — education advocates warned Tuesday during a legislative hearing.
The goal of smoke-free Iowa casinos lives on at the Iowa Capitol, where a bipartisan panel of lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a proposal to end casinos’ exemption to the state’s public smoking ban.
County leaders will revisit the position in the future after opting to prioritize other staffing needs in the coming fiscal year.
It’s part of a fund created after cuts to Medicaid in One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Norwood, who ran for state ag secretary in 2022, seeks to challenge Republican incumbent Roby Smith.
Republicans head into the 2026 midterms with a cash edge in Iowa’s congressional races, as the party braces for a difficult fight to hold its slim U.S. House majority.
In the Democratic primary campaign, Zach Wahls outraised Josh Turek and finished the period with more cash on hand.
Iowa’s Department of Administrative Services acted irrationally, illogically, and capriciously — and abused its discretion — when it exonerated itself of any wrongdoing in closing, without warning or public discussion, the State Historical Society’s Iowa City research center, according to a new lawsuit filed by a private, nonprofit organization formed 43 years ago to preserve Iowa’s history.
County supervisors are seeking community feedback on a draft ordinance outlining where and how data center development can occur in Linn County.
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig spoke to a House appropriations subcommittee Thursday about the state’s local food marketing program, the department’s ongoing work to combat foreign animal diseases, and water quality.
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