A majority of four justices agreed to reverse a district court decision and dismiss a lawsuit challenging whether provisions of Iowa’s nutrient reduction strategy are adequate to protect the Raccoon River from agricultural pollution.
Legislative Democrats criticized the GOP governor and majority Republican legislative leaders for walking away from a call for unity over racial justice issues and signing a bill that a nonpartisan legislative analysis projected would have a disproportionate negative impact on minority Iowans.
New law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday moves funding from loca property taxes to state
The Iowa Department of Corrections has fired two nurses at the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison after they incorrectly gave 77 offenders overdoses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in April.
Seeks damages for 2019 DHS firing
Urban areas have a disproportionate share of job openings, according to data from Iowa Workforce Development analyzed by The Gazette.
As Iowa ends its participation in federal unemployment programs including the extra $300 per week in benefits, many job-seekers are facing difficult decisions.
State Auditor Rob Sand, who is considering a run for governor in 2022, was critical of the amount of funding going to the Terrace Hill fence versus Iowa’s correctional system.
Senate File 243 grew out of the death of Noah Herring, 15, of Tiffin, in Coralville Lake in April 2020. Although three teens and an adult were present, none of them called 911 and they withheld information about his disappearance, delaying the discovery of his body for four days.
Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday she will use some pandemic relief funds on a marketing campaign to persuade people to move to Iowa, a state that has a job surplus and has lifted COVID-19 restrictions more quickly than other states.
He has been with the state agency since 1992
Under the new law, schools are not allowed to teach certain “divisive concepts,” such at that the state is fundamentally racist.
The Iowa Department of Corrections will resume in-person visits for incarcerated individuals in early July, provided the offender is vaccinated against COVID-19.
The expense of child care is impacting low-income families who cannot afford it, the advocates say, and is keeping others out of the workforce.
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