Year: 2023

The Iowa House has sent Governor Kim Reynolds the state government reorganization plan her staff and a consulting firm developed over the past year. It reduces the number of state agencies from 37 to 16. […]

The National Weather Service predicts a wet spring in eastern Iowa and a rising Mississippi River, so the city of Davenport is preparing for the possibility of major flooding. In the Quad Cities, flood walls […]

A Senate committee has approved a bill that would gradually eliminate the state income tax — if state tax revenues continue to grow. Senator Dan Dawson, a Republican from Council Bluffs, is chairman of the […]

Sioux City’s Tyson Events Center is in its 24th year of hosting the NAIA Women’s Basketball National Championship Tournament. Steve Salem, one of the volunteer coordinators, says those who donate their time make everything possible, […]

The state Transportation Commission has approved a grant to build a roadway into proposed plant at a site in Plymouth County south of Le Mars. Deb Arp of the DOT presented the proposal for what’s […]

It was an unusual feat — 19 puns and corny references during three minutes of debate in the Iowa House. Representative Austin Harris of Moulton kicked it off on a bill dealing with the licensing […]

If you’ve hit some rough stretches on state highways recently, you are not alone. The Iowa Transportation Commission has approved amending its budget to spend $15 million on weather repairs. The DOT’s Stuart Anderson says […]

The board that governs the three state supported universities is launching a comprehensive review of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs at the schools. The president of the Board of Regents has also directed the University […]

The Iowa Utilities Board heard from the attorneys representing two companies which hope to build carbon dioxide pipelines today as they try to work out scheduling issues for their permit requests. IUB chair, Geri Huser […]

The legislature is sending Governor Kim Reynolds a bill setting up a state process so small Iowa hospitals may be licensed as a Rural Emergency Hospital. Under federal rules, Rural Emergency Hospitals may discontinue in-patient […]

With the recent collapse of two U.S. banks, one based in California, the other in New York, some Iowans may be concerned about the stability of their local financial institutions. Ron Sorensen, president and CEO […]

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is scheduled to testify before members of the Senate Ag Committee this week, including Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley. Vilsack, a former Iowa governor and a Democrat, is pushing through policies […]

A former State Trooper is sentenced to two years probation after admitting to a civil rights violation. Fifty-eight-year-old Robert James Smith pleaded guilty in September of last year to pulling over a motorcyclist in 2017 […]

Former President Donald Trump says a likely challenger for the G-O-P’s 2024 presidential nomination will not support the ethanol industry. Trump points to the bill Florida Governor Ron DeSantis co-sponsored when he represented Florida in […]

The Governor and Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) announced the final round of the Destination Iowa grants designed to attract new people to the state. One of the largest grants is $8 million for a […]

An Iowa State University study finds the size and number of small farms in Iowa dwindled in the past decade, while the size and number of commercial farms exploded. Professor David Peters, an extension rural […]

Former President Donald Trump kicked off his campaign for the 2024 Iowa Caucuses in Davenport by promising to promote Iowa-made ethanol and to oppose raising the retirement age for Social Security. “We won Iowa twice […]

Iowa’s capitol city is among the hosts of the opening rounds of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament this week. Catch Des Moines president and CEO Greg Edwards says the games Thursday and Saturday will feature […]