GOP Congressman Randy Feenstra tied his campaign for Iowa governor to President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” defended tariffs and promised to cut property taxes while expanding health care access during a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids.
A $200,000 state grant will help support NewBoCo’s development of the Iowa Aviation Technology Center, the state’s economic development agency announced Friday.
Amid pending litigation, displaced collections and a public fight to maintain the Iowa City arm of the State Historical Society, officials on Friday announced a new collaboration to maintain public access to the historical collections at the University of Iowa.
Iowa’s Office of Ombudsman, which investigates complaints related to local and state government, opened 6,266 cases this year. Of those, 56 percent involved the Iowa Department of Corrections, and 24 percent involved the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.
This week, the On Iowa Politics podcast looks back at the year that was. And what a year it was.
Her social media post urged eligible workers to reach out to the agency “as soon as possible" and referred users to a fact sheet on “DEI-related discrimination.”
The Linn County Conservation Board this week approved two new wetland developments on county-owned land to continue its ongoing efforts to restore and protect Iowa’s wetlands.
Throughout 2026, the state will highlight Iowa’s agriculture, gardening and horticulture, leading up to a massive Harvest Festival in October that will celebrate Iowa’s “integral role in feeding and fueling the world for 250 years.”
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Thursday, against a resolution that would have affirmed the county’s commitment to upholding protections outlined in the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Iowa’s congressional delegation has introduced resolutions in the U.S. House and Senate honoring two Iowa National Guard members killed in a weekend terrorist attack in Syria.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many states have done.
The state is asking Johnson County District Court to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges a new law requiring three Iowa counties to change how their supervisors are elected is unconstitutional.
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