Iowa House passes bill on foster, adoptive parents’ beliefs
The Iowa House passed a bill prohibiting the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services from precluding prospective parents from consideration to foster or adopt a child on the basis [...]
Iowa Down Ballot: Property tax update, new campaign ads
Property tax sign on a house model. (iStock / Getty Images Plus) Iowa Down Ballot with Dave Price 4/18/26 by Iowa Writers Collaborative Laura Belin of Bleeding Heartland and Kathie [...]
Iran war has wide impact on one Iowa college’s international student …
Flags representing the nationalities of current Grinnell College students are displayed in the college's Gallery of Flags. (Photo courtesy of Grinnell College)Fighting in the Middle East forced the cancellation of [...]
Iowa Supreme Court: Sioux City school board meetings were legally clo…
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled against former Sioux City schools superintendent Paul Gausman in a dispute over whether the Sioux City school board violated Iowa's open meetings law in [...]
Iowa murder suspect Kristin Ramsey released on reduced bond after Ash…
The Iowa murder suspect charged in the cold case killing of a realtor during an open house 15 years ago was released from jail after her attorneys painted her as [...]
Iowa House advances group of citizenship verification and immigration…
Legislators have considered several proposals this session that would establish new steps in checking individual's citizenship status and eligibility to reside and work in the United States. (Photo via Getty [...]
Iowa House panel passes bill restricting mail-order abortion medicati…
Rep. Devon Wood, R-New Market, spoke April 14, 2026, on legislation that would require in-person visits for a person to be prescribed abortion-inducing medication. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)While [...]
DMACC approves tuition increases for next school year
DMACC Controller Ben Voaklander spoke to the community college board of directors April 13, 2026. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Des Moines Area Community College is set to increase its [...]
Iowa Down Ballot podcast: Iran politics, property taxes, Feenstra ESA…
High gas prices are fueling higher prices for other consumer goods -- and plenty of political rhetoric. (Photo by Leann Ray/West Virginia Watch) Iowa Down Ballot with Dave Price 4/11/26 [...]
Pharmacy worker accused of stealing drugs for personal use or distrib…
The Iowa Board of Pharmacy oversees state-licensed pharmacies, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in Iowa. (Photo by Getty Images; logo courtesy the State of Iowa)An Iowa pharmacy trainee is accused by [...]
Iowa woman sues over Trump policy on citizenship for Venezuelans
Mirna Elena Marin De Marcano is taking immigration agencies and officials to court over the federal government's alleged cancellation of her planned oath-of-citizenship ceremony. (Photo by David Talukdar/Getty Images) [...]
Iowa Dem Pastor Running for Congress: 9/11 Showed Me ‘Anti-Muslim Big…
Democratic Iowa congressional candidate and Lutheran minister Sarah Trone Garriott wrote in an opinion piece, published after criticism of her 2021 reading of a Muslim prayer in the Iowa Senate, [...]
Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan joins Sarah Trone Garriott for health…
U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan joined Iowa Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, who is running in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, for a town hall on health care at the Iowa [...]
Iowa Down Ballot podcast: Messaging from governor candidates Sand and…
Republican Zach Lahn and Democrat Rob Sand discussed their campaign agendas as they run for Iowa governor. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa Down Ballot with Dave Price 4/4/26 [...]
Accused of stealing patients’ money, jewelry and drugs, nurse faces s…
(Photo courtesy of the Iowa Board of Nursing)An Iowa nurse who has repeatedly faced allegations of stealing from patients is now facing disciplinary charges from the Iowa Board of Nursing. [...]
GOP governor candidate Zach Lahn opens campaign HQ, discusses campaig…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn spoke with supporters who came to celebrate the opening of his West Des Moines campaign headquarters April 2, 2026. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)As [...]
Iowa hospital accused of ‘persistent pattern’ of inadequate ER care
A wrongful death lawsuit against a Des Moines hospital alleges a pattern of failing to stabilize and provide timely treatment for emergency room patients. (Stock photo by Greenleaf123/Getty Images)A wrongful [...]
Iowa Down Ballot: GOP gubernatorial primary race gets testy
Iowa Rep. Eddie Andrews and his attorney Jacob Heard attended the second day of a State Objection Panel hearing on a challenge to Andrews' place on the 2026 Republican gubernatorial [...]
Thousands rally at Iowa Capitol for third No Kings protest
David Russell sat holding an American flag on the steps of the Iowa Capitol as part of the "No Kings" protest in Des Moines March 28, 2026. (Photo by Robin [...]
Gov. Kim Reynolds signs health insurance premium tax increase into la…
Gov. Kim Reynolds answered questions from reporters at a media availability Feb. 26, 2026. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a tax increase on health [...]
Nothing sweeter than Nebraska-Iowa in March Madness
The Nebraska-Iowa rivalry is one of the first for Husker fans since joining the Big Ten Conference in 2010. The feeling is sometimes mutual. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner)Early in Tim Miles’ [...]
Iowa Down Ballot podcast: Primary races shape up for Iowa Senate
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson held a news conference after filing her paperwork March 11, 2026 to be on the primary ballot for U.S. Senate. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch) [...]
Where bills on property tax, pipelines and more stand after second fu…
The Iowa State Capitol as seen Jan. 9, 2026. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Following the second “funnel” deadline of the Iowa legislative session, lawmakers often aim to shift their [...]
Stirtz weathers cold shooting to score 16 and help Iowa beat Clemson …
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Bennett Stirtz scored 16 points and No. 9 seed Iowa weathered his erratic shooting to hold… TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Bennett Stirtz scored 16 points and [...]
Iowa House passes bill to raise premium tax on HMOs to fill Medicaid …
Rep. Shannon Lundgren, R-Peosta, spoke March 19, 2026, in the Iowa House on a bill that increases a tax on health maintenance organization premiums for nine months in order to [...]























