Articles Tagged: Iowa

When does news stop being news and instead become activism?

Over the past decade, the state of Iowa has paid over $108 million out of the general fund to settle claims against it.

“I think it's because we're all face-to-face, you know? The divisiveness comes from the fact that we're all in our houses, and on computers and social media, and we're not in person," said Beth M. Howard, an author and documentary filmmaker who was working on a film about Iowans' curious affinity for pie.

On the 50th anniversary of the federal Endangered Species Act, The Gazette will spend the next two months delving into some of Iowa’s own at-risk species. And we’ll highlight the armies of researchers and advocates working to bolster their populations.

Instead, the Iowa Supreme Court should have let the 2018 fetal heartbeat law go into effect

In the last nine days, we’ve learned that more than double the estimated number of Iowa students have applied for …

Although caucus campaigns have become more focused on national party priorities over the past two decades, some candidates have continued to portray support for ethanol — specifically the federal mandate that the nation's fuel supply contain a minimum volume of renewable fuels — as a litmus test in Iowa.

A central Iowa man may be well on his way to an official world record — for pencils.

Money will go toward bridge replacements in nine counties, plus road improvements in Cedar Falls and in improved infrastructure in Clear Lake.

A carbon dioxide pipeline company did not properly notify a pair of northwest Iowa landowners before it sought to survey their farmland, a state district court judge has concluded.

CARROLL, Iowa (AP) — Harrowing video of a driver speeding from Iowa police with an officer clinging to his hood and roof emerged this month during the motorist’s sentencing.

Gov. Kim Reynolds will sign a handful of bills on a tour across the state this week, holding public ceremonies to enact laws dealing with fentanyl, child care, vehicle enforcement and butcheries.

In a Clay County case in northwest Iowa, a district judge said the law violated Iowa's constitution because it does not provide for just compensation for certain damages owed to landowners who lose their right to deny entry to their land.

An Iowa woman who entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was sentenced Monday to five months in prison.

DES MOINES (AP) — A man was sentenced to up to 50 years in prison for killing his neighbor during an argument over a lawn mower.