Under the current system at Iowa Workforce Development, Iowans must use multiple sites and accounts to file unemployment insurance claims and find job postings. The new system will consolidate all employment services on one website.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed more than a dozen bills into law Tuesday, including a ban on DEI positions in local government and a requirement that Iowa high school students pass a civics test to graduate.
Americans’ views of the economy improved in May after five straight months of declines sent consumer confidence to its lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, largely driven by anxiety over the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Former Democratic state lawmaker and Veterans National Recovery Center president Bob Krause of Burlington on Tuesday launched his run for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District seat.
The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board and Iowa Public Information Board are in the process of hiring new executive directors.
Summer in the Square, a new community program, will offer weekly programming at downtown Cedar Rapids’ Greene Square. The schedule includes a mostly free mix of concerts, fitness classes, hands-on kids activities and more.
A Marion man who crashed into a vehicle, causing injuries to a woman that ended her pregnancy, is now facing indecent contact charges. He is accused of exposing himself to one child and having inappropriate contact with another.
An Anamosa man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for causing a fatal crash in February 2023 in Springville. He was intoxicated and crashed into a vehicle driven by a Springville man, who was only about a mile from his home.
Get to Know Gives Back talks to Joe Lock from Eastern Iowa Health Center about the services they provide and what you can do to support their mission.
An Iowa City man was arrested early Tuesday morning after police say he shot another man Monday night and escaped the scene on a stolen bike.
Construction started on the historic Coe-Paul house in the Wellington Heights neighborhood of Cedar Rapids thanks to a partnership between St. Pauls United Methodist Church and Matthew 25. The house will be renovated into two affordable housing units.
Farmers use herbicides like Roundup to kill weeds, preventing them from destroying crops. But in recent years, Bayer, which now manufactures Roundup, has faced lawsuits claiming that the pesticide, particularly its main ingredient, glyphosate, causes personal injuries, including cancer.
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