Nationwide, the number of people buying health plans on Affordable Care Act insurance marketplaces is down by about 833,000 compared with a year ago, according to federal data released last week.
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Nationwide, the number of people buying health plans on Affordable Care Act insurance marketplaces is down by about 833,000 compared with a year ago, according to federal data released last week.
Also in this week’s Government Notes roundup, Linn-Mar schools has hired superintendent search firm to find the district’s next leader.
Linn County saw a surge in passport applications last year, mirroring both state and nationwide trends.
He tells voters in Oskaloosa and Knoxville that party can’t ‘keep trying to do the same thing over and over again’ — a swipe at three-time Democratic candidate Christina Bohannan
The federal money will go toward public safety, housing development and infrastructure projects.
Field mediation is meant to serve as an unarmed alternative to law enforcement response for non-violent, non-emergency calls typically involving interpersonal conflict. Field mediation can be used for instances such as noise complaints, disputes between neighbors, custody exchanges and loitering.
Among nearly two dozen higher education-related study bills dropped in the first week of the new legislative session is one looking to reshape the Board of Regents — which for more than a century has governed Iowa’s three public universities.
Republicans opened the 2026 Iowa legislative session with unusual urgency, pushing early on property taxes, carbon pipelines and higher education. But as lawmakers raced to show momentum, Week 1 also revealed internal GOP divisions — especially over how to deliver property tax relief.
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has found the November officer-involved shooting of a wanted Waterloo man was justified.
Oskaloosa teacher was fired after likening Charlie Kirk to Nazis in the immediate aftermath of the conservative activist’s slaying last fall.
This week on the On Iowa Politics Podcast, Gov. Kim Reynolds gives her penultimate Condition of the State address, the Iowa Legislature’s annual work has begun, and so much more.
Iowa schools will be required to show a fetal development video to students in grades five through 12 as part of human growth and development curriculum after the Iowa State Board of Education confirmed the implementation of a law passed last year.
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