State News

Governor Kim Reynolds is headed to Council Bluffs to meet with the governors of Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas later this afternoon. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will […]

A key Republican lawmaker in the Iowa House says his committee will not advance a bill about the crime of fetal homicide that defines personhood as starting at conception. It means the bill is tabled […]

An Iowa Supreme Court justice who stepped down to focus on his battle with cancer has died. The spokesman for the Supreme Court has confirmed that Daryl Hecht, who resigned from the high court in […]

Congresswoman Cindy Axne has introduced a bill that would make a federal tax credit for cellulosic or “advanced” biofuels permanent. “It was a $1.01 per gallon tax credit for producers that expired (at the end […]

The quarterly survey by the Iowa Business Council shows nearly 80 percent of its members anticipate higher sales in the next six months and the majority expect their company’s employment to increase. The IBC is […]

Iowa State’s tight ends have become a bigger part of Iowa State’s offense and their role is expected to grow even more next season. Redshirt sophomore Charlie Kolar earned second team All Big-12 honors a […]

The U.S. Small Business Administration is opening a Business Recovery Center in southwest Iowa to help merchants in that area rebuild and recover from this spring’s widespread flooding. SBA spokesman Bill Koontz says the temporary […]

Israel’s ambassador to the United States is in Iowa today and he was invited to speak in the Iowa legislature this morning. Ambassador Ron Dermer praised state officials for passing a law in 2016 that […]

Missouri River floodwaters are receding slowly from the southwest Iowa town of Hamburg but a former mayor expects a few hundred residents likely won’t return. Terry Holliman owns the NAPA Auto Parts store, flooded when […]

Bills pending in the Iowa House and Senate that would let the state’s casinos take bets on professional and college sports would also boost the prize money for the owners of horses that race at […]