Erin Murphy

According to Iowa data, fentanyl and meth seizures are down significantly in the first 6 months of this year compared to averages over the previous 4 years.

Campaign fundraising from April through June in Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate election was competitive between some of the top candidates, according to new federal campaign reports filed Tuesday. But Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst holds a hefty financial advantage over all challengers — should she choose to run for re-election.

A state request for proposals sheds lights on the reasons why Iowa is considering privatizing its prison health care services, potentially entering an arena that has faced issues in other states, according to advocates.

From separate events Thursday, Gov. Kim Reynolds, Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, and Tom Vilsack — the former Iowa governor and USDA secretary — all discussed how to manage farm labor amid the hard-line deportation policy of the Trump administration.

Taylor Wettach will face fellow Democrat Christina Bohannan in Eastern Iowa’s District 1 primary election next year.

According to an email sent by the Department of Corrections, the state will issue a request for proposals “soon” to seek a private company to provide health care services in the state’s prisons, potentially impacting roughly 200 nurses, psychiatrists and other corrections health care workers.

Matt Windschitl, the Iowa House Majority Leader and a lawmaker since 2007, is running in what may be an open seat race, as GOP incumbent Randy Feenstra is considering a gubernatorial bid.

President Donald Trump in Iowa on Thursday promised to keep the state a central part of the nation’s 250th birthday celebration, celebrated Congressional approval of his sweeping tax and spending legislation, and snuck in a few of his greatest campaign-style rally hits.

Iowa’s economy had a rough first three months of the year, according to federal data. While Gov. Kim Reynolds blamed a sluggish farm economy and former President Joe Biden, state experts say Iowa’s economy has been struggling for much longer.

Following the U.S. Senate’s passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Iowa Hospital Association says it is ‘deeply concerned’ with the impact Medicaid spending reductions will have on Iowa hospitals

The former local TV news anchor wants to expand housing and grow Cedar Rapids’ population and workforce

A federal judge granted a 2-week pause while a lawsuit is considered over a new state law that addresses pharmacy benefit managers, rural pharmacies and prescription drug costs

And if such a move upsets national Democrats, ‘I don’t care,’ says new Iowa House Democrats leader Brian Meyer

The charges are the first after Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate in March claimed 277 Iowans without U.S. citizenship illegally voted or registered to vote in recent elections.

The groups claim the new state law would increase businesses’ health care costs by millions of dollars, and that it violates existing federal law and businesses’ free speech