On the U.S. Supreme Court for over 27 years, liberal Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, numerous sources said Wednesday, giving Democratic President Joe Biden his first high court opening, which he has pledged to fill with the historic naming of the court's first Black woman.
Kenneth Rader, 53, is charged in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with four charges.
Rep. Cindy Axne, the Democrat representing Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, touted her 2021 accomplishments in an end-of-year report published last month. The Gazette’s Fact Checker team takes a look at some of her claims.
Inflation is at a 40-year high, American businesses and consumers face supply issues, 1st District Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson said Thursday.
A proposal increases the number of two-year-olds one care center staff member can watch.
The Army Corps of Engineers announced plans Wednesday to spend over $829 million on modernizing locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River, including an infamous bottleneck north of St. Louis that farmers say is crucial to their ability to sell grain overseas.
The Iowa Republican, who a year ago saw opportunities to work with his former Senate colleague on issues such as prescription drug pricing, now believes the president’s compromises to appease progressives are limiting his ability to reach bipartisan agreement on his proposals.
The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to U.S. residents starting next week, now that federal officials are emphasizing their better protection against the omicron variant of COVID-19 over cloth face coverings.
For Iowa, the congressional bipartisan infrastructure package means $431,828,580 over five years or about $86.2 million a year. That’s about 35 percent of the $240 million a year the Iowa Department of Transportation has budgeted in its 2022-26 Five-Year Program.
“We feel defeated,” the Iowa Postal Workers Union president says as the COVID-19 surge worsens U.S. Postal Service delays stemming from new service standards that lengthened the mail delivery window.
Iowa senator celebrates 63 years in office, tells why he seeks re-election
Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans. The Biden administration announced the change Monday as it looks to lower costs and make testing for the virus more convenient amid rising frustrations.
Treasury officials predicted they’d see delays caused by the pandemic, years of budget cuts to the IRS and federal stimulus measures that have added to the workload.
What made the critical difference was the turkey industry’s decision to take it upon itself to hunt down the virulent strain.
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