Some Iowa voters deciding local option sales tax, EMS tax issues
Union County voters are deciding whether to impose a 7% hotel/motel tax on lodging, starting January 1. If voters in Creston and the rest of Union County approve the measure, […]
Voters deciding governance issues in 6 Iowa counties
Voters in half a dozen counties are making decisions about how the structure of their local government. Mills County voters will decide whether to expand their board of supervisors from […]
Voters in 7 Iowa cities making local option sales tax decisions
Voters in seven cities are deciding whether to reauthorize their local option sales tax and how the revenue may be used. The revenue would be used exclusively for property tax […]
Grassley blames social media for rise of rudeness and ‘filthy talking’
After more than five decades in public office, including serving as Iowa’s U.S. Senator since 1981, Chuck Grassley says he laments the way exchanges in the U.S. Capitol — and […]
Controversial wolf restoration project subject of NatGeo Explorer talk in Des Moines
The wildlife biologist who spearheaded the project to reintroduce wolves at Yellowstone National Park in the 1990s will be in central Iowa this week to tell that remarkable story — […]
Nov. 1, 2026: 1,855,812 Iowans are registered to vote
The latest Iowa voter registration report shows some gains. The Iowa Secretary of State’s office updates voter registration data at the beginning of every month. Compared to October 1, there […]
Iowa law on election recounts updated in 2025
Heading into the actual voting that will decide things, some election observers have suggested some of Iowa’s marquee races for congress, for the U.S. Senate and for governor could wind […]
Federal judge rules on Iowa Capitol permit for Satanic Temple
A federal judge has ruled that state officials who’ve approveD permits for religious groups to install displays and hold holiday events in the Iowa Capitol must give the Satanic Temple […]
October in Iowa was third warmest on record
State Climatologist Justin Glisan says October in Iowa was slightly wetter than average and about three degrees above normal. “With 154 years of records, preliminarily the third warmest October on […]
Data center projects may fill up Linn County landfill much sooner than expected
Construction waste from two hyperscale data center projects near Cedar Rapids is putting significant pressure on the city’s landfill. Joe Horaney is interim director of the region’s solid waste agency. […]