Iowa manufacturers’ and farmers’ balance sheets continue to be affected by heightened import costs and uncertain foreign export relations, and bottlenecks at various points in their production processes — whether they are increased costs to import necessary machinery or threats to export opportunities — are weighing heavy on them.
The panel — moderated by Linn County Supervisor Sami Scheetz — will discuss how changes proposed under the federal reconciliation and tax bill could affect area residents with a special focus on potential cuts to SNAP and Medicaid.
On the heels of a White House memo last week threatening the hundreds of millions in Medicaid-related directed payment revenue University of Iowa Health Care has been getting for the last three years, administrators Wednesday said they could rethink plans for a planned $1.5 billion inpatient tower on the main UIHC campus.
A new report linking pesticide overuse to children’s health issues has ignited a battle within President Donald Trump’s circle of support, pitting powerful agrichemical giants against some organic food advocates.
Iowa Farmers Union members who met Saturday with U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, explained how consolidation in the agriculture industry has crippled their farming operations and rural communities.
Clean energy advocates say Iowa stands to lose jobs, manufacturing facilities, renewable energy project expansions and face more expensive utility bills if Congress passes the budget reconciliation bill as is.
Iowa’s senior senator said the U.S. Senate hopes to send the president a bill by July 4
A widely anticipated list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” no longer appears on the Department of Homeland Security's website after receiving widespread criticism for including localities that have actively supported the Trump administration's immigration policies.
A government report released on Thursday covering wide swaths of American health and wellness reflects some of the most contentious views on vaccines, the nation's food supply, pesticides and prescription drugs held by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public input as it rewrites the definition of a key term in the Clean Water Act that determines over which waters the federal government has jurisdiction.
Two Eastern Iowa lawmakers are doubling down on their support of a massive package of tax breaks and spending cuts despite pushback from Democrats — as well as some of their Republican peers.
A federal judge has made more permanent an initial temporary restraining order she issued last month blocking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from terminating the status of four University of Iowa international students by granting a preliminary injunction through the summation of their case.
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some so-called forever chemicals in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones.
More than 100 people gathered Tuesday in Cedar Rapids in support of Afghans who arrived in Iowa after U.S. troops pulled out of the war in Afghanistan, but who now could face deportation.
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