A small group of individuals keeps cycling through Iowa's jails and hospitals due to a lack of short-term mental health treatment options. Quad-Cities law enforcement is urging the state to act, saying the current system is costly and ineffective.
About 200 people gathered Sunday evening outside the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center for a candlelight vigil honoring Alex Pretti, a VA nurse, union member and federal worker killed last month by federal agents in Minneapolis.
Iowa Democrats were approved Saturday to present their case to national Democrats on why the state’s Democratic caucuses should go in the early presidential nominating window in 2028.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources division that’s responsible for environmental oversight of 8,000 confined animal feeding operations in the state hasn’t received a budget increase since 2016.
The University of Iowa is reviewing undergraduate majors with low enrollment – like African American studies and gender, women’s, and sexuality studies – after the Board of Regents last year mandated a comprehensive study of how well campus programs are meeting workforce needs and student demands.
A redevelopment plan has been drafted to complement the micro-area action plan prepared last year.
Though the caucuses held Monday by the Iowa Democratic and Republican parties will not involve presidential politics, the meetings will come shortly after Democrats begin discussions on the 2028 nominating calendar.
In an effort to protect a “regional asset,” area municipalities are looking to collaborate on a potential expansion of the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency landfill.
A Polk County judge will determine whether the case should proceed to discovery, be paused until President Trump is out of office, or dismissed
A construction union enters Iowa’s eminent domain fight by backing the Summit pipeline and a Senate GOP proposal, while former Secretary of State Matt Schultz endorses U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra in the crowded Republican race for governor.
A Republican-backed bill would expand student religious and political speech rights in Iowa schools, drawing praise from supporters seeking clarity and criticism from opponents who warn it’s redundant and could open loopholes for extremist groups.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has joined 20 other Republican attorneys general in urging a federal appeals court to lift restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, pushing back against a judge’s ruling that barred federal agents in Minneapolis from arresting peaceful protesters, or using nonlethal munitions and crowd control tools against them.
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