University of Iowa Health Care union begins bargaining with Iowa Boar…
The University of Iowa Health Care employee union met with the Iowa Board of Regents bargaining team Feb. 14, 2025 to trade initial proposals. (Photo courtesy of the University of [...]
Bill would expand teaching restriction on ‘gender identity,’ ‘sexual …
As a 2023 law restricting schools from curriculum and instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation for kindergarten through 6th grade remains challenged in court, state lawmakers on Wednesday [...]
Public hearing on state public K-12 school funding set for Thursday •…
Iowa House lawmakers plan to hold a public hearing Thursday on the state’s funding for the public K-12 education system in the coming school year. The public hearing was called [...]
Biofuels leaders push for year-round E15 • Iowa Capital Dispatch
ALTOONA — Monte Shaw, executive director of Iowa Renewable Fuels Association urged industry leaders and farmers at the association’s summit Tuesday to pursue expanding markets and to be wary of [...]
DNR to host community meetings on hunting, possible rule changes • Io…
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is hosting a series of public meetings to discuss the past hunting and trapping season and possible rule and regulation changes to the sports. [...]
More than $400K in public money misspent through state-run program • …
Iowa Auditor of State Rob Sand issued a report Thursday that says more than $400,000 in taxpayer money was improperly spent through a program run by Iowa Workforce Development. At [...]
Bill to establish UI school of ‘intellectual freedom’ moves to commit…
Former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad spoke Tuesday at a subcommittee meeting in support of legislation that would launch a “school of intellectual freedom” at the University of Iowa, countering critics [...]
A floating barn and 150 pairs of boots • Iowa Capital Dispatch
In Buggy Land, cattle sometimes break through fencing and wander out onto the road. But cattle don’t fly through the air here the way they do in Ireland. They don’t [...]
Two Iowa nursing homes added to list of the nation’s worst care facil…
Two western Iowa nursing homes with a history of regulatory violations have been added to a federal list of the nation’s worst care facilities. The Garden View Care Center in [...]
Iowa Supreme Court’s Attorney Disciplinary Board is not a public body…
Lawyers for the State of Iowa are asking a judge to dismiss a public-records lawsuit by arguing the Iowa Supreme Court’s Attorney Disciplinary Board is not a public body that’s [...]
Iowa’s new rural development director announced, plus 50 energy proje…
Theresa Greenfield, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development state director for Iowa, announced Tuesday that Kate Sand, the acting deputy director, will be taking her place during the upcoming [...]
U.S. House GOP kicks off new session with border security push • Iowa…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed its first bill of the 119th Congress Tuesday, a measure that increases migrant detention and is named after a Georgia nursing student whose murder [...]
Iowans can learn which cancers are most common in their county • Iow…
The Iowa Cancer Registry plans to deliver county-specific reports to all 99 counties in Iowa and meet with communities to point out particular policies or trends that might be driving [...]
Jimmy Carter was among several presidents with Iowa ties • Iowa Capit…
Jimmy Carter was a Georgia peanut farmer and former one-term governor when he decided to run for the presidency in 1975. He was almost unknown nationally. He had virtually no [...]
Dissecting Mizzou win against Tennessee and basketball team
On this episode of the Eye on the Tigers Podcast, Eli Hoff and Benjamin Hochman discuss Missouri's splashy transfer portal pickup of Penn State quarterback Beau Pribula. Eli ponders how [...]
Season with a dash of memory • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Dear readers, Merry Yuletide! I’m posting a few singular greetings from holidays past: postcards from a bygone era, with images of a simpler time portraying a slower pace of life. [...]
Reynolds sets Jan. 28 special election date to fill Lt. Gov. Cournoye…
The special election to replace now-Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer in the Iowa Senate will be Jan. 28, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Monday. The LeClaire Republican resigned from her seat representing [...]
Top Republican demands answers from Zuckerberg, accusing Meta of ‘sha…
EXCLUSIVE: A top Republican senator will accuse Meta – the parent company of Facebook – of "shadow-banning" and removing social media posts in a letter Tuesday demanding answers from CEO [...]
Iowa has lost a rare public servant and friend, Jim Leach • Iowa Capi…
Iowa and the nation lost a rare public servant last week. And Deba Leach lost her husband, Jim. Former Congressman Jim Leach was a moderate-to-liberal Republican representing Iowa’s eastern congressional [...]
Pipeline opponents receive cease and desist letters from Summit • Io…
Several opponents of the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions carbon sequestration pipeline have received letters on behalf of the company threatening lawsuits over perceived defamation, an environmental group representative said. Jess [...]
National Farmers Union president talks Farm Bill fatigue with Iowa fa…
AMES — National Farmers Union President Rob Larew spoke about the stalled reauthorization of the Farm Bill and strategies to promote agriculture and conservation within the upcoming administration Saturday at [...]
Woman dies at Iowa nursing home recently acquired by private equity f…
A Waterloo nursing home recently acquired by a private equity firm has been fined $10,000 for the death of a 45-year-old resident who choked on a sandwich. According to state [...]
Iowa State University research shows environmental, yield benefits of…
As Iowa and the U.S. begin to rely more heavily on renewable energy sources, the greenhouse gas emissions from industries like agriculture are starting to take on greater significance. Michael [...]
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst pitches Elon Musk on $1 trillion in federal spen…
WASHINGTON — Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst began proposing ways to cut government spending to the Trump team this weekend, but she’ll need to convince her colleagues in Congress if [...]
Huge organic farm in Iowa thrives without chemicals • Iowa Capital Di…
WEST BEND, Iowa – People who think seriously about how to limit the toll industrialized American agriculture takes on communities, land, and water may want to visit the Fehr family’s [...]