In an escalation of a dispute over whether a local agency is complying enough with an Iowa law requiring cooperation with federal immigration authorities, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird filed suit Thursday against Winneshiek County and its sheriff -- a dispute that started with a Facebook post.
A Marion woman faces up to 20 years in federal prison for spending her child’s special needs trust funds on her online gambling and other expenses. The trust fund money came from personal injury lawsuit settlement paid by the Cedar Rapids Community School District in 2019. She was convicted last week for wire fraud in federal court.
The appropriation would be contingent on the U.S. Department of Agriculture approving a waiver for exemptions that would strike certain food products from SNAP eligibility, which food accessibility advocates argue would limit access to food.
On the day by which University of Iowa officials said they were told to close the campus’ renamed and reformed Division of Access, Opportunity, and Diversity — previously its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Division — the university on Thursday debuted a new website for its Office of Civil Rights Compliance.
A Waukon man has been charged with animal neglect after Allamakee County sheriff’s deputies found 10 dogs in his house, two of which were dead.
An Iowa carbon dioxide pipeline company has asked courts to pause or dismiss its pending legal fights against landowners and a state regulator in South Dakota after that state’s adoption of a law that prevents the company from using eminent domain.
Wildcat Bluff Recreation Area in Benton County, a park known for its camping, hiking and renowned disc golf course, is doubling in size after two years of collaborative work by Benton County Conservation and the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation.
Also in the notebook, Iowa House legislators again approved a series of bills related to carbon capture pipelines and landowner rights, and called on the Senate to do the same
Many of the roughly 181,000 Iowans in the state’s version of Medicaid expansion would be subject to work requirements, and the entire program could be eliminated if the federal government ever disallows work requirements, under legislation approved this week by Republican state lawmakers.
Dozens of stakeholders representing Iowa businesses, pork producers, builders and local taxing entities — from cites, counties and schools to hospitals and regional transit services — said they remain “undecided” on the 52-page proposal as they continue to study and analyze potential impacts from the myriad changes proposed.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, plans to hold hearings next week about judicial injunctions -- like ones that have halted actions of the Trump administration.
Drivers in Iowa will be prohibited from operating cell phones and other devices with their hands once Reynolds signs it into law as expected
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