Researchers at an Iowa City-based think tank say policy-makers should consider how raising the state sales tax to finance water quality projects would impact low-income Iowans. “Sometimes that’s being left out of the equation and […]

The state of Iowa collected over half-a-billion dollars more in taxes during the last 12 months than during the previous fiscal year. Fiscal Year 2019 for the State of Iowa ended Sunday. Preliminary figures indicate […]

The former city clerk of Westfield is charged with first-degree theft for allegedly taking city funds. The Plymouth County Attorney’s office filed charges against Angela Sorensen. The state auditor’s office conducted an investigation of the […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says U.S. agencies on the southern border are becoming “really strained” by trying to accommodate the “skyrocketing” numbers of immigrants. Grassley, a Republican, says the dramatic increase in immigrants is resulting […]

The June survey of business leaders in Iowa and eight other Midwestern states signals positive growth for the region over the next three-to-six months. Ernie Goss, an economist at Creighton University, says while things are […]

State Climatologist Justin Glisan says June dried out a bit after a very wet May. “Precipitation wise, we were actually drier than normal, which is welcomed since we had a very wet spring,” Glisan says. […]