Liquor sales topped $400 million for the first time with a total of $415.8 million worth of products containing alcohol consumed during the 12 months that ran from July 1, 2020, until June 30 of this year, according to the latest annual report issued Tuesday by the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division.
The Virginia Beach Department of Public Health posted a statement Friday announcing Pedati would serve as the coastal city’s public health director beginning Dec. 10.
The decision to deny or approve may be made at any of the three consideration meetings. The final consideration and approval cannot occur until all three readings have happened.
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has voted to recommend contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows as lawmakers revealed a series of frantic texts he received as the attack was underway.
Art Staed currently represents House 66, which covers northeast Cedar Rapids. The new district will encompass more than half the same territory as well as Hiawatha and Robins.
Changes to Iowa’s unemployment process --- including a doubling of the number of work searches a person must make in order to qualify for benefits --- will go into effect Jan. 9, the state announced Monday.
GOP calls for returning “over-collection” to taxpayers; Democrats call for investments in workforce training, affordable housing and child care, and paid family leave.
November gambling on professional and college sports — an activity that became legal in Iowa in August 2019 — pushed the wagering handle above $975 million for the current fiscal year and put Iowa within reach of $2 billion in betting for the calendar year.
Fact Checker: Sen. Chuck Grassley, who has received campaign contributions from the NRA, blocked a gun control measure days after the deadly Oxford High School shooting, offering an alternative he co-sponsored. Would the provisions of the blocked bill have saved lives?
Grassley’s vote for the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package will support electric vehicles and charging stations at the expense of Iowa corn farmers and ethanol producers, according to Jim Carlin, his GOP primary challenger.
Community support, population shifts and whether a new casino would take business away from others in the region are factors state regulators would consider to approve a new casino in the Cedar Rapids area.
Inflation continues to squeeze households and businesses and complicates the political environment for Congress and the White House.
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