Government & Politics

On the podcast this week, we take a break from our typical format to listen to an Iowa Ideas 2023 panel: Navigating Iowa’s Culture Wars.

Frances Haugen, in a keynote address at The Gazette’s Iowa Ideas conference, said Big Tech is failing in its obligations to society.

“I expect more relief for taxpayers next session because the state is still taking too much of their money,” Iowa Senate leader says.

But the number of students who used the accounts to attend private school this year, as well as the number of students using the accounts to transfer out of public school to attend private school, had not been made public.

State records indicate Angela Jansen, 41, of Central City, worked for the DNR from October 2018 to August 2023 when she was fired for conduct unbecoming a state employee and for the unauthorized personal use of a DNR database.

Republicans nominated Rep. Steve Scalise on Wednesday to be the next House speaker but struggled to quickly unite their deeply divided majority and elect the conservative in a public floor vote after the historic ousting of Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the job.

The state transportation department this week approved more than $2.7 million in state funding for seven recreational trail projects across the state.

Miller-Meeks and Grassley also move to freeze Iranian assets.