Rod Boshart

The leader of the Iowa Board of Parole wants to eliminate crowding at Iowa’s nine prisons over the next two years.

The number of inmates held in Iowa prisons crept up last fiscal year but the population was down significantly from the record count of a decade ago as COVID-19 has forced changes.

However, the yearly extravaganza of farm animal exhibits and competitions, grandstand entertainment, longstanding entertainment venues and a wide variety of foods fried up and served on a stick did attract 1,094,480 visitors in the midst of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that undoubtedly affected the overall turnout. Last year’s state fair was canceled due to the pandemic.

The influx of more than 115,000 new Medicaid enrollees gradually built as Iowans lost their jobs – and their employer-based health insurance – as the coronavirus pandemic took hold.

President Joe Biden has directed U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to explore whether a civil rights law gives the federal government authority to overturn state bans like Iowa’s on mask mandates in schools.

The voluntary program is a joint project in which Iowa Prison Industries will assist the Iowa Department of Public Health and State Hygienic Lab with COVID-19 at-home test kit assembly and preparation for shipment.

Michael Bousselot will run for vacant seat in Iowa House

Promising new leadership built on hard work, inclusion and plans to “restore” Iowa, small-business owner and political activist Deidre DeJear on Saturday officially launched her 2022 bid to be the state’s next governor.

COVID-19 answer “sitting right in front of us,” Kelly Garcia said Thursday.

That number is expected to grow as regulators urge carriers to grant extensions to affected homeowners and businesses as the one-year anniversary approaches.

Betting expected to rebound with August football

July sees big drop after fiscal 2021 high

Five Des Moines Black Liberation Movement protesters filed a lawsuit in seeking to block Iowa State Patrol troopers from arresting them if they return to the Capitol.

Calls new CDC guidance counterproductive

The captain who led 27 Iowa State Patrol troopers working border security duties for two weeks in Texas said Wednesday they accomplished their mission of disrupting criminal activity that included smuggling humans, drugs and firearms.