Government & Politics

The leader of the Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy has issued a 2022 strategy that hopes to build on Iowa’s positive trends while addressing challenges tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and the availability of more potent substances.

Years in the making, the Iowa City Council approved a zoning code that prioritizes walkable neighborhoods and different types of housing in an effort to transform 900 acres of undeveloped land in the city’s southside.

Group asks for more data on policing but did not endorse police citizens review board at this time.

Greenfield, who grew up on a southern Minnesota farm and has worked in real estate and community development, will lead the agency’s efforts to improve the quality of life in rural Iowa.

Supervisors on Thursday approved projects with funds allocated in the current 2022 fiscal year, including payments to residents excluded from federal relief efforts.

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley says his vote represented “the people and the needs of Iowans.” He was the only member of Iowa’s congressional delegation to back the trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure package.

The 10th annual Municipal Equality Index showed Iowa City, Dubuque and West Des Moines received a perfect score. Nine cities in Iowa were ranked in the 2021 index.

It’s “absolutely wrong to depict violence against another member of Congress ... There's no excuse or justification for that behavior and I won't defend that behavior.”