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The Iowa House Higher Education Committee passed several bills with amendment Wednesday afternoon covering community colleges, university finances and more. Rep. Taylor Collins, R-Mediapolis, questioned provosts at Iowa Regents universities [...]

President Donald Trump sang along to "God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood before beginning his speech on affordability at the Horizon Events Center in Clive Jan. 27, 2026. (Photo [...]

The primary election polling place for Des Moines precincts 12 at 13 on June 4 at First Church of the Open Bible in Des Moines. (Photo by Jim Obradovich for [...]

Panelists speaking Dec. 6, 2025, at the Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa, from left, are center Interim Director Luciano de Castro, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary [...]

A landowner opposed to the use of eminent domain for a carbon sequestration pipeline wears a shirt reading "No Eminent Domain" at the Iowa State Capitol Jan. 13, 2026. (Photo [...]

Representatives from Iowa's private and community colleges clashed Tuesday over a bill to allow community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Representatives of Iowa’s private colleges [...]

Peregrine falcon feeding chicks in Iowa during the 2025 nesting season. (Photo courtesy of DNR nest monitoring volunteer, Randy Cook)Peregrine falcon reproduction in Iowa “likely remains stable” following successful reintroduction [...]

Gov. Kim Reynolds delivered her 2026 Condition of the State address in the Iowa House chambers Jan. 13, 2026. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa Down Ballot with Dave [...]

A farmer harvests soybeans Oct. 7, 2025 near Dike, Iowa. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The American Farm Bureau Federation, along with soybean and specialty crop farm organizations, has [...]

Gov. Kim Reynolds lead a standing ovation for Iowa National Guard service members during her Condition of the State address Jan. 13, 2026. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)As Gov. [...]

Iowa landowners at a rally in opposition to carbon sequestration pipelines outside of the Iowa Capital on Oct. 8. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The U.S. Supreme Court denied [...]

The Iowa State Capitol from the historic East Village in Des Moines on Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Water quality, property rights and pesticide labeling are [...]

Senate Minority Leader Janice Weiner and House Minority Whip Sean Bagniewski answered questions from reporters at the Iowa Capitol Press Association legislative preview forum Jan. 8, 2026. (Photo by Robin [...]

Fairfield’s Maharishi Foundation USA is suing a former student of transcendental meditation, claiming unfair competition and trademark infringement. (Photo by David Talukdar/Getty Images)Fairfield’s Maharishi Foundation USA is suing a former [...]