Kelly Garcia was the agency’s director through the COVID-19 pandemic, its consolidation into the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, and a redesign of the state’s mental and behavioral health care system.
Senate Republicans from farm states and soybean growers are sounding the alarm over President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, which they say are deepening economic pain in rural America.
Also in this week’s government notes roundup, a state board last week awarded support for projects in Iowa City, Coralville and Fairfield.
The Gazette talks with North Liberty Fire Chief Brian Platz
Education, celebrity, rural identity influenced which candidates Iowa voters supported in presidential elections since 2012.
The U.S. General Services Administration is looking to lease office space in Des Moines and several other cities across the country for “law enforcement operations.” Immigration advocates in Iowa fear that could mean an additional processing facility and detention center for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Rockwell City Republican resigns House seat to take job as state director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Iowa Rural Development office.
The filing period to nominate candidates for city offices closed Thursday. Here’s a look at who will be on the ballot in Linn and Johnson counties in November.
Plus, Republican Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver announces he will not seek re-election and will step down as leader and Iowa DOGE holds its final public meeting.
Republican former Iowa U.S. Rep. Rod Blum is seeking a return to Congress, announcing Thursday he will run for the open seat in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District and pledging $250,000 of his own money to jumpstart his campaign.
Developers on Thursday presented plans for an estimated $21 million mixed-use building at the former Marion library site on Sixth Avenue across from City Square Park. The yet-named development would include roughly first-floor commercial space and 63 upper-level apartments.
Johnson County Sheriff Brad Kunkel said comments made by Iowa City Council members this week prompted his decision to rescind his support for a law enforcement facility that would be shared by his department and Iowa City Police.
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