Government & Politics

The Iowa Board of Medicine is set to meet Friday to consider proposed rules that include specific guidance on how medical providers are to implement the exceptions for rape, incest, fatal fetal abnormalities and medical emergencies contained in a new law that would prohibit the vast majority of abortions in the state.

After searching for about a year for a new finance director, the city of Cedar Rapids has tapped Abhijit “Abhi” Deshpande to fill the role starting Jan. 15.

All of Iowa’s House delegation votes measure; it now heads to Senate

David Pautsch, a Davenport Republican and devout Christian known for organizing the annual Quad Cities Prayer Breakfast and advocating for a greater role of Christianity in government, said he filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission last week to run for Iowa's 1st Congressional District.

Someone called 911 around 1 p.m. Saturday to report that the man had been shot while hunting waterfowl in the Bays Branch Wildlife Area, just north of Panora.

Also, Marion adopts 1-year pause on certain commercial uses in growing areas

Earlier this year, for the current fiscal 2024 budget — covering the time period from July 1 through June 30, 2024 — the three-member supervisors board made proposed spending cuts after already drafting a budget to fill a $1.74 million gap from a bill correcting a state error that left local governments down millions in expected revenue

Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott abruptly announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, a development that surprised his donors and stunned his campaign staff just two months before the start of voting in Iowa's leadoff GOP caucuses.