Government & Politics

Gov. Kim Reynolds established the bureau in 2020, but state lawmakers have not funded it; the funding will provide resources to school districts for gun violence safety and prevention measures

From pushing to provide taxpayer funding to pay for students to attend private schools, to a flat tax and abortion restrictions, DeJear argues Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has prioritized extreme policies over Iowans while real issues like rural revitalization and access to quality, affordable health care have been shortchanged.

Measures include pharmacy benefits managers, child care costs

Ban applies only to rural areas; Davenport has only other ban in Iowa

One of the nurses fired by the state for mistakenly giving prison inmates six times the normal dose of the …

The compromise would make the juvenile records of gun buyers under age 21 available when they undergo background checks. The suspects who killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo and 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde were both 18, and many of the attackers who have committed mass shootings in recent years have been young.

The council is expected to approve the appointment of Keith Jones at its meeting Tuesday. Jones, a longtime resident and retired banker, would be sworn in after the vote and participate in his first meeting as a council member.

For the second time in two months, the nonprofit hunger relief organization is searching for a permanent location.