State News

Members of the Iowa House are wearing ribbons today in honor of a woman who died of a rare form of breast cancer last Friday. Thirty-five-year-old Mary Chinnock, the daughter of State Representative Jane Bloomingdale […]

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded Iowa funding to help the homeless in the state. Iowa Finance Authority spokesperson, Ashley Jared, says it will help what’s call the Continuum of […]

Republicans in the Senate have approved a bill that would no longer require Iowa schools collect proof that students have been screened for lead poisoning as well as vision and dental problems. Senator Amy Sinclair, […]

Plans for a new agri-business facility have been announced in north-central Iowa. Cindy Litwiller is the Wright County Economic Development Director and says a company called “ReNewtrient One” plans to build a $25 million plant […]

The Iowa Senate has passed a bill that would prohibit the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation from borrowing money from a state fund to purchase land for water quality projects. Senator Tim Kapucian, a farmer from […]

The Iowa House has voted to remove a requirement that children between the ages of 12 and 15 complete a hunter safety course in order to hunt deer with a pistol or revolver. Republican Representative […]

The National Weather Service has decreased its forecast crest for the Big Sioux River near Hawarden to 33.8 feet which is nearly three-feet below the previous forecast. Leaders in Hawarden had been calling for more […]

It appears a bill that would legalize and tax sports betting in Iowa may ban bets on games involving college and university teams from Iowa. Representative Vicki Lensing of Iowa City says there were concerns […]

Students in several Iowa cities are taking part in anti-smoking campaigns today on this national Kick Butts Day. Sydney Brookman, a seventh grader at Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School in Waverly, says she learned early on […]

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is making her first trip to Iowa since officially entering the Democratic presidential race and she’s calling for aggressive action on climate change. “Global climate change is the greatest threat […]