State News

Iowa will no longer require experienced physician assistants — known as PAs — to be work under the direct supervision of doctor in order to practice medicine. PAs who are newly licensed, though, will have […]

A program underway in Iowa is using opioid settlement funds to provide opioid prevention toolkits for surgery patients as part of the “Billion Pill Pledge” that’s designed to cut the use of prescription painkillers. Goldfinch […]

A report on tax collections since July 1st of 2022 shows state revenue is up 1.9% compared to the previous 10 month period. In March, the State Revenue Estimating Conference predicted state tax revenue would […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley sat down for a budget committee hearing today with  a familiar person testifying. Former Iowa Governor and U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad offered his perspective on climate change. “I particularly wanted […]

Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller is not sure if leading hitter Keaton Anthony will be back in the lineup on Friday when the Hawkeyes open a three game series at home against Michigan State. Anthony […]

Iowa men’s and women’s basketball teams will play a doubleheader at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Dec. 16, 2023. The Hawkeye women will face Cleveland State and the men will battle Florida A&M […]

The state’s Enhance Iowa Board has awarded $1.8 million worth of grants to help finance four community projects. The small southeast Iowa town of Keota is getting a half million dollar state grant toward a […]

Warmer spring weather may finally be here to stay and Iowa motorists are being urged to keep a sharper eye out for motorcycles. Colleen Powell, spokeswoman for the Iowa Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau, says May […]

More than three years after an infant died at home daycare in southwest Iowa, the provider was found guilty — in her second trial. The jury in Pottawattamie County on Tuesday afternoon found 39-year-old Alison […]

Dozens of Iowa veterans, including a retired sailor who’s more than a century old, will take part in this week’s special honor flight to Washington, D.C. Ron Newsum, the coordinator for the Brushy Creek Honor […]