State Government

On the podcast this week, we revisit the Family Leadership Summit, Donald Trump returns to Iowa, and the new abortion restrictions in Iowa are put on pause.

Iowa law enforcement will be out on the road Wednesday ready to pull over speeding vehicles and motorcycles as part of a multistate traffic safety awareness campaign.

Former U.S. Rep. Steve King, a Kiron Republican, is among dozens of people who petitioned to participate as intervenors in Summit Carbon Solutions’ permit process.

Iowa Department of Transportation says a larger location was needed.

Even though a judge’s ruling this week blocked enforcement of a new abortion law in Iowa, the process that will draft rules for the law’s implementation will continue.

Partially boosted by an increase in federal funding, nearly $1.5 billion was invested in Iowa road and bridge construction and repair projects in the 2023 state budget year, according to the Iowa DOT.

Iowa state and federal lawmakers — from both sides off the political aisle — were in Washington on Wednesday as part of separate efforts seeking to advance policies to expand access to affordable child care.

Gov. Kim Reynolds also said the state’s executive branch is now operating under its newly restructured and streamlined format, as planned in a new state law approved by Republicans earlier this year.

Gov. Kim Reynolds said she believes the Iowa Supreme Court will uphold new abortion restrictions that were passed into law last week by Iowa Republicans and blocked Monday by a state judge.

Also, State Historical Society awards grants to preserve newspapers, repair historic buildings.

District Court Judge Joseph Seidlin granted a request Monday from Iowa abortion providers to halt enforcement of the new restrictions until its constitutionality can be considered by the courts.

A Marengo company whose employees were injured in a fiery blast last December has failed to pay a nearly $96,000 fine for workplace safety violations.