Iowa’s all-Republican U.S. House delegation split as the House voted to extend expired health care subsidies. U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn joined Democrats and a small group of Republicans to pass the bill, while Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Ashley Hinson and Randy Feenstra opposed the measure, which now heads to the Senate.
Officials with the Marion Economic Development Corp. will pitch the state next month for $1.5 million in seed funding.
As property tax relief is expected to be a top priority for lawmakers in both parties during the 2026 Iowa legislative session, state Democratic leaders are split on how to address the issue.
“Minnesota is a microcosm of a lot of the tensions we have in our society,” a political scientist at Hamline University in St. Paul says.
The purchase has renewed speculation that she may consider a run for political office in Iowa.
With the 2026 Iowa legislative session just days away, renewed debate is expected over water quality, nitrate runoff and pesticide policy. Lawmakers, along with environmental and agricultural leaders, are preparing for discussions that could shape the state’s approach in the years ahead.
Subacute mental health programs are for people who do not need emergency hospitalization but need more intensive support than is available through outpatient care — a type of care that Iowans and officials said is extremely limited and difficult to access in the state.
Cedar Rapids Economic and Development Services Director Bill Micheel on Wednesday said city staff are working with two separate grocery chains to set up tours of the former Hy-Vee store at 1556 First Ave. NE.
The state agency described the proposed bill as ‘first-of-its-kind, comprehensive legislative package designed to support Iowa farmers’
Iowa is the first state in the country to receive the green light for a federal waiver approval that will allow it to circumvent some reporting and compliance requirements and have more discretion over the spending of federal education funds.
Republican candidates in Iowa’s congressional and governor’s races picked up new endorsements this week, adding support from local officials as campaigns head into 2026.
In 2021, the Iowa Board of Medicine charged Dr. Shafik N. Wassef, 42, an Iowa-licensed physician who formerly practiced in Iowa City, with violating patient privacy standards.
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