Government & Politics

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources finalized a discharge permit for the Ottumwa Generating Station, a coal-fired power station, after months of opposition from members of the public and environmental groups.

The jail roster for the Woodbury County Law Enforcement Center no longer lists former Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts as a detainee. He had been jailed there, by the federal government, since last Friday.

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors will meet with Utah-based Havenpark Communities, owner of mobile home parks across Johnson County, after months of letters back and forth over park conditions.

Mike Klimesh faces daunting challenges, in his own caucus and throughout the Capitol, as he steps into the role of Iowa Senate Majority Leader.

The first phase of the 10-acre “Gather Iowa” development, designed to connect Coralville and Iowa City, is moving forward after the city council approved site plans for the project.

Iowa’s leaders are clashing over who’s to blame for the partial federal government shutdown. Iowa’s Republican U.S. House members say Democrats forced it; Democrats argue Republicans walked away from compromise, risking higher health costs for thousands of Iowans.

Seventeen historians, archivists, professors, authors, and donors with decades of public service are suing the State Historical Society of Iowa for haphazardly and without public input closing its Iowa City research facility and archives.

He argues that Democrats’ health care demands would cost taxpayers more than $1 trillion