Republicans on the Iowa House Health and Human Services Committee have voted to limit what Iowans using government SNAP benefits may buy. The bill originally had a permitted list of groceries like “real” eggs, meat and milk as well as bread and pasta and peanut butter and nuts. Republican Representative Carter Nordman of Adel has […]
Christmas has been a state holiday in Iowa for 163 years
The Iowa Legislature declared Christmas as an official state holiday in 1862 — eight years before Congress declared Christmas a federal
