Mayor-elect Meghann Foster said the city of Coralville is at a critical point -- and she ran for the seat to be part of shaping the city’s long-term vision. Foster discussed her priorities for her first term and what she’s proud of from her time on council.
“Can’t just continue to throw money at it,” a lawmaker says, but another its a classic case of legislators “kicking the can down the road ...spending money on it as we're kicking it.”
it struck some Iowans as strange when U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted against a bill that would pour more than $100 million in federal money to repair and replace bridges into southwest Iowa, the district she represents in Washington. But not Washington insiders.
Approaching her 28th and final year in the Iowa House, Mary Mascher promises to “continue to be as passionate about those issues that are important to me ... as I’ve been in the past.”
Both now will be considered Jan. 7, the Friday before the court was to resume its normal schedule of oral arguments. It is highly unusual for the justices to schedule such hearings on emergency requests.
The Iowa Board of Nursing has suspended the license of Michael Schleicher of Fairfield, a nurse accused of engaging in more than 25,000 phone calls or text messages with an underage patient.
The refugees are settling in cities across the state, including Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, the Quad-Cities, Sioux City and Council Bluffs.
Changes to the city’s nuisance abatement policy make it easier to crack down on absentee landlords for failing to show up for inspections or otherwise neglecting their properties.
Senate Democrats will introduce legislation that would propose an amendment to the Iowa Constitution that would make marijuana legal.
The firm will provide advice, guidance and solutions to organizations, corporate leaders and investors seeking to conduct business in China and the U.S.
The Trump administration overpaid corn farmers by about $3 billion in federal aid in 2019 and farmers in the South were paid more for the same crops than those elsewhere in the country, a federal watchdog agency has found.
Members of the community police review board decided to “not sustain” the complaint by a 3-2 vote but raised concerns over how law enforcement acted when the tear gas was deployed.
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