Maya Marchel Hoff, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau

President will speak in Clive on Tuesday afternoon; protests are expected outside in response to immigration enforcement actions and deaths in Minneapolis.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Maj. Gen. Stephen Osborn, the Iowa National Guard Adjutant General, concluded a five-day visit to the Middle East this week, focused on visiting Iowa soldiers and airmen to recognize their service after two Iowa National Guard soldiers were killed in action last month.

Iowans would be able to purchase ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine without a prescription under legislation advanced in the Iowa legislature Thursday, a move that medical professionals say could harm Iowans.

Proposal would require the Iowa DOT to use the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, to confirm citizenship for those seeking or renewing driver's licenses.

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird says bill proposed Wednesday could help solve cold cases, but legal justice advocates have privacy concerns

He said the legislation would balance the rights of landowners while creating new ethanol markets for struggling Iowa farmers as corn prices drop.

He tells voters in Oskaloosa and Knoxville that party can’t ‘keep trying to do the same thing over and over again’ — a swipe at three-time Democratic candidate Christina Bohannan

The federal money will go toward public safety, housing development and infrastructure projects.

In her sixth address to the Iowa Legislature on Wednesday, Susan Christensen asked state lawmakers to tackle issues similar to those she brought to them last year.

Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday unveiled a legislative agenda focused on overhauling Iowa’s property tax system, tightening immigration and election enforcement, expanding health care access and continuing education reforms.

Companies constructing carbon sequestration pipelines would not be able to use eminent domain to acquire land for their projects under legislation being considered by Iowa lawmakers — the first piece of legislation in what's expected to be a prominent topic during the 2026 session.

Renewed action on property tax relief, a tougher approach to repeat violent crime, state spending, affordability and bipartisan calls for cooperation and civility were among the pledges and requests made by leaders during the first day of the 2026 session on Monday.

After altering Iowa’s reproductive health care landscape in recent years through enacting a law restricting abortion access, state lawmakers will now see a new push to focus on the next target of anti-abortion advocates: the abortion pill.

State courts in Iowa cannot bill low-income Iowans for the cost of their court-appointed defense attorney when criminal charges against the person have been dismissed, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in a decision released Friday.

As property tax relief is expected to be a top priority for lawmakers in both parties during the 2026 Iowa legislative session, state Democratic leaders are split on how to address the issue.