Bill targets ‘terrorist sympathizers’ on Iowa campuses who are visa holders
A subcommittee in the Iowa House has advanced a bill called the “Combating Terrorist Sympathizers Act.” It calls for suspending, expelling or firing students and employees at Iowa colleges and […]
Conditions are shaping up to give Iowa more snow than normal in February
A Winter Weather Advisory goes into effect at midnight from southwest Iowa into north-central and a Winter Weather Warning for southern and southeast Iowa. National Weather Service meteorologist Andrew Ansorge […]
Senator Grassley eager to see Musk’s review of Pentagon spending
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he looks forward to Elon Musk’s review of the military’s budget. “I think that he is looking at it from the standpoint of a business […]
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 […]