A House subcommittee last week advanced a resolution to add hunting and fishing rights to the Iowa Constitution. The constitution would establish a right to hunt, fish, trap and otherwise harvest wildlife, "subject to reasonable laws."
The spread of misinformation has fueled anxiety and alarm within Iowa’s Latino immigrant community. It is estimated that the state is home to more than 52,000 undocumented immigrants.
Amie Wichtendahl of Hiawatha hopes her election serves as a ‘repudiation’ of anti-trans stereotypes
More than 1,400 refugees expecting to reunite with family members and resettle in Iowa this year are now waiting indefinitely after refugee travel to the U.S. was canceled Tuesday night under President Trump's executive order halting federal programs.
Iowa’s new House Higher Education Committee has introduced a spate of study bills directed at Iowa’s public, private and community colleges and universities -- including several going further to limit diversity, equity and inclusion on the campuses and others imposing new mandates around what can and should be taught.
Brian Hook served in the first Trump administration as senior advisor to secretaries of state Rex Tillerson and Mike Pompeo. Hook also served as the special representative for Iran and as director of the state department's policy planning staff.
Under the proposed legislation — the full language of which has not been released — all Iowa school districts would be required to adopt by July 1, 2025, minimum standards for restrictions on personal electronic devices.
Bills proposed in the Iowa Legislature would increase the number of dispensaries in the state and add to the legal forms of medical cannabis
During a four-hour hearing Thursday, Brooke Rollins -- President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of agriculture -- was asked about tariffs, bird flu, the effect of mass deportations on the ag workforce, and rural development efforts.
A state law that would allow the arrest and deportation of immigrants in Iowa if they had previously been denied entry into the country will remain blocked after a federal appeals court ruling issued Friday.
Iowa lawmakers consider a ‘Taylor Swift bill’ to regulate ticket bots
Also proposed: Putting those guilty of ‘grooming’ on sex registry
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