Government & Politics

This year, the $80,000 annual grant fund was split among 24 nonprofits

Bremer County is one of a handful of local governments working to restrict what hazardous material pipelines can be built and where, but it will not prohibit pipeline construction all together.

More legislation is needed as the state combines the former human services, public health and aging departments

Republican lawmakers and anti-abortion rights advocates hope the Iowa Supreme Court will use a case before it to set a more permissive legal standard for considering abortion restrictions.

There’s no crystal ball to predict what headwinds may threaten Iowa’s economy in 2023, but state economists forewarn of a great deal of uncertainty next year — though perhaps not as dramatic of a downturn as some are projecting.

To learn more about what could be expected, the Gazette spoke with the policy manager for the Center For Rural Affairs.

Republicans are eyeing property taxes, while local officials express a need to proceed with caution.

The longest-serving state attorney general in U.S. history is winding down his final term after losing his reelection after four decades in office.