Government & Politics

Iowa’s state transportation commission would be required to prioritize making Highway 30 four lanes under a bill advanced Monday.

Iowa's congressional delegation joined bipartisan lawmakers from Midwestern states in a letter calling on the Biden administration to permit the sale of higher ethanol fuel blends year-round.

Blind Iowans expressed their concern with how Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposed realignment of state government will impact them and the state services that help them.

The drafted plan, which would require operational improvements at two MidAmerican coal-fired power plants, is open for public comment.

Officials in McDonough County passed a pipeline moratorium last year; developers offered 30 years of payments in exchange for “good faith” support of the project.

According to newly disclosed state data, 89 percent of the overpayments made last year were not the result of unemployment fraud, but of state decisions that were reversed on appeal or innocent mistakes made by Iowans seeking benefits.

Also, Linn County Trails Association gives $100,000 for Fourth Street trail construction

Resident ideas, feedback and city data were used to help create a shared vision for the city through the 2022 comprehensive plan Connected to Tomorrow, which will serve as a foundational document guiding city decisions for the next 20 years.