Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under government rules issued Thursday.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Neal Smith, who grew up in a tiny southeast Iowa town and served as a World War II bomber pilot before becoming a successful lawyer and then the state’s longest-serving U.S. House member, has died. He was 101.
Senator calls for full accounting of how and where our United State taxpayers’ dollars are being spent on “gain of function” research in China.
The Iowa Republican blasted the creation of a Department of Justice task force to address concerns raised by the National School Board Association. If there are threats, he said, they can be handled by state and local law enforcement offices that “probably have been handling it for decades.”
One of five candidates for the Democratic nomination to face Sen. Chuck Grassley in 2022, Franken believes it’s necessary for the nominee and a future senator to see beyond the rhetoric to find ways to capitalize on the available possibilities.
An Ankeny resident and Iowa State University student has become the first woman enlisted infantry soldier in the Iowa National Guard.
“Haven’t we had enough time to figure out how to manage discourse without enabling violence?” one employee wrote on an internal message board at the height of the Jan. 6 turmoil. “We’ve been fueling this fire for a long time and we shouldn’t be surprised it’s now out of control.”
Starting Sunday, Oct. 24, Iowa residents in the 319 and 515 area codes will need to dial all 10 digits to make phone calls.
The plan by the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency reconfigures the four congressional districts, splitting Linn and Johnson counties, and creating three districts with a nearly equal number of counties while reducing the number of counties in the west-northwest 4th District from 44 in the first plan to 39.
A state agency on Thursday will release a second set of maps revising Iowa’s four congressional districts and legislative boundaries as redistricting moves to the next phase of the process.
Hy-Vee is preparing for a possible federal rule requiring all employers with at least 100 employees show proof their staffs are vaccinated or are being tested weekly for COVID-19.
“We have tremendous problems with opioids generally, but an increasing problem because of fentanyl,” the Iowa Republican said. “I think the problem is worse in Eastern Iowa than in other parts of the state.”
Franken, a retired three-star admiral in the U.S. Navy, becomes the fourth candidate in the Democratic primary. The Democratic nominee will likely face longtime incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley in next fall’s general election.
Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows a burst in inflation as the economy struggles to shake off the drag of the coronavirus pandemic.
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