Rod Boshart

Senate Republicans in the Iowa Legislature are formulating a “moon shot” tax-cut plan that would eventually eliminate the state’s personal income tax. But skeptics hungry for mission details worry the trick in engineering such an endeavor would be pulling off a successful landing that doesn’t crash and burn.

After heightened concerns about threats to public officials, a wrought iron fence has been installed around the perimeter of Terrace Hill in Des Moines.

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.

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.

Big state surplus has them pushing reform, but others urge caution

While declines for the first time since the 2011-12 school year occurred across most grade levels, the largest drops were in preschool and kindergarten enrollment

Next year will end a chapter in the state's gambling history when an Iowa dog track hosts the last live greyhound race in Dubuque.

Army Guard members have until June 30 to comply

Project to test evidence has led to four criminal cases in Iowa so far, authorities say

While some lawmakers have resisted the prohibition on the grounds it’s a personal freedom issue, Stephan Bayens, commissioner of the Iowa Department of Public Safety, said public safety benefits trump the individual rights concern.

Iowa Public Safety Commissioner Stephan Bayens says: “We just can’t continue to expect our folks to just bury the hurt and the trauma and the stress that they see every day and just go about their day and be good moms and dads or husbands or daughters or whatever it is. ”

But at least for a quite a while, you’ll still need to keep the hard copy just like now.

Kim Reynolds signaled a return to normalcy Tuesday by pardoning two turkeys while cautioning Iowans to remain vigilant against COVID-19 when they gather for Thanksgiving celebrations.

As of Friday, Iowa’s traffic death count stood at 312, which officials with the state Department of Transportation said outpaced the death toll for that same date in the four previous years.

A Northeast Iowa mining company has ended its effort to get state permission to draw millions of gallons of water from Iowa's Jordan Aquifer to export to western states.