Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is rolling out new victim assistance tools and has joined a multi-state push to scrutinize a major rail merger. Plus, Iowa lands $82 million for cleaner transit vehicles, and state economic officials approve new business aid and community projects.
State officials have denied a request by the Satanic Temple of Iowa to hold a holiday event in the state capitol rotunda after rejecting a similar request last year.
Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Democratic challenger Christina Bohannan are backing ethics measures that would ban congressional lawmakers from trading stocks.
Current Gov. Kim Reynolds will present the Iowa Award to the former governor and U.S. ambassador next month at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines.
Starting next year, county officials hope to leverage a multiphase renovation project — and a game of “musical office chairs” — to tackle growing space needs at the Linn County Courthouse.
Also in this week’s Government Notes roundup, the Cedar Rapids City Council has given its OK for historic landmark designation of a former school site.
Three Democratic candidates vying to succeed Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson in northeast Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District told voters Sunday they would make health care more affordable, strengthen unions and push back on policies they say are squeezing working families and small farmers.
The 2026 Iowa midterm elections are less than a year out, and policy issues that campaigns and voters are talking about include health care costs and affordability. But one issue both parties have used to energize voters in the past has yet to gain prominence: abortion.
Many drivers in Iowa could be in for a $100 surprise come the new year unless they put down their phones, at least one Iowa law enforcement official says.
The U.S. Geological Survey will be flying airplanes over parts of Eastern Iowa starting this month to help make new maps for the research group. The federal agency says the minerals it is looking for could boost the economy and bolster national security.
Randy Feenstra wants to “lower and freeze” property taxes in Iowa, if elected governor next year, he said during a campaign event Friday.
This week on the podcast we discuss Gov. Reynolds talking property taxes, THC drink limits in the government funding bill, a potential Democratic candidate for state ag secretary, and the Iowa delegation’s votes on the Epstein files.
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