Iowa Attorney General seeks budget boost to hire more attorneys
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is asking legislators for a more than $1.6 million budget boost so she can hire seven more attorneys. Over $300,000 dollars would fund one prosecutor […]
Iowa Senate, by 29-18 vote, approves 2% boost in per pupil spending
A plan to provide a 2% increase in the state’s per pupil spending on Iowa’s K-through-12 public and private schools has cleared the Senate with the support of 29 Republicans. […]
County Attorney: evidence not there for charges in fatal Davenport building collapse
Scott County Attorney Kelly Cunningham says she found nothing to hold anyone criminally responsible in the 2023 partial collapse of a Davenport apartment building. Cunningham made the decision after reviewing […]
Central Iowa garden show features South Dakota hosts of HGTV program
There was a 33 percent increase in the amount of money Americans spent on home improvement projects between 2021 and 2023. If you are looking to renovate rather than move, […]
Plan would let out of state UNI students pay in-state tuition
Governor Kim Reynolds is backing a plan to charge students from the six states that surround Iowa the same, lower tuition rate Iowa residents pay at the University of Northern […]
Search on for this year’s Iowa Best Burger
The search is on for this year’s edition of the “Best Burger in Iowa.” Iowa Beef Industry Council (IBIC) spokesperson Kylie Peterson says they want the people who eat the […]
Iowa Capitol rally against limits on some lawsuits over pesticides
About 100 people gathered at the statehouse Monday to rally against a bill that would grant some liability protection to pesticide and herbicide manufacturers. The bill cleared the Iowa Senate […]
Reynolds signs order creating Iowa ‘DOGE’ task force
Governor Kim Reynolds signed an executive order late this morning creating an Iowa “Department of Government Efficiency” task force. “It’s work will be organized around three broad goals: maximizing return […]
Iowa snow drought expected to end with multiple storms this week
The lack of snow this winter is expected to change with plenty expected to fall this week. National Weather Service meteorologist Dylan Dodson says 24 counties in northwest and north […]
Ernst, Grassley co-sponsor latest ‘AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act’
A committee in the U.S. Senate has voted for a bill that would require automakers to keep putting AM radios in vehicles. Some companies, like Tesla and Ford, have begun […]