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Iowa Economic Development Authority Director Debi Durham said she will retire from the post at the end of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ term in early 2027.

States will have access to federal immigration information for the purposes of determining voters’ citizenship, and the federal government will have access to those states’ driver’s license information under a settlement reached in a lawsuit brought by Iowa.

Advocacy organizations say policy and funding changes are needed to help support individuals who provide unpaid care to loved ones.

Democrat Chris Jones pushed back at comments Wednesday from Mike Naig, the 2-term Republican incumbent state ag secretary.

China recently pledged to buy 12 million tons of U.S. soybeans by the end of the year, according to the White House, but thus far has bought fewer than 2 million tons

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds pardoned two turkeys, Tailfeather and Wingding, during the annual turkey pardoning ceremony Tuesday at the governor’s mansion at Terrace Hill in Des Moines. The turkeys, who were raised in Iowa, will be spared from the Thanksgiving table and live on an Eastern Iowa farm.

Current Gov. Kim Reynolds will present the Iowa Award to the former governor and U.S. ambassador next month at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines.

Many drivers in Iowa could be in for a $100 surprise come the new year unless they put down their phones, at least one Iowa law enforcement official says.

Randy Feenstra wants to “lower and freeze” property taxes in Iowa, if elected governor next year, he said during a campaign event Friday.

The state corrections department confirmed Wednesday it would not accept any of the bids submitted by companies that responded to a state request for delivery of health care services in Iowa’s nine prisons.

The state no longer is considering contracting with a private company to provide health care services in Iowa’s nine prisons, according to a union leader whose group represents prison officers.

A former state public health spokeswoman alleged she was fired in 2020 for fulfilling open records requests to journalists during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Democratic candidate for governor hosted a roundtable discussion with rural Iowa health care stakeholders

The funding to opioid addition treatment programs is one of the first publicly announced allocations of the millions of dollars available to Iowa through a national settlement against pharmaceutical companies over opioid addiction

The state says nearly 800 housing units or families were assisted by the funding after more than 5,000 homes were impacted by natural disasters in 2024.