State Government

Iowa families can begin signing up today, for a new state-funded private school financial assistance program.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday that she plans to send about 100 Iowa National Guard soldiers and 30 law enforcement officers to Texas to assist with border security between the United States and Mexico.

The Iowa Department of Transportation is working with Autobase in the Iowa City area testing drone use to help monitor and safely and efficiently redirect traffic around wrecks, temporary road closures and construction.

The new law allows 14- to 17-year-old Iowans to work more jobs at longer hours, creating more opportunities, according to supporters, while critics say it will put children in harm’s way in the workplace

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday announced the shuffling and hiring of new staff in her office.

Changes ‘put parents in driver’s seat,’ she says; opponents say LGBTQ kids targeted

On the podcast this week, Tim Scott made his first visit to Iowa as an official candidate, and Ron DeSantis’ is pending, Nikki Haley in the Quad Cities, and a caucus flashback appearance by Mayor Pete.

Iowa will spend $150,000 to pilot a program aimed at decreasing emergency response times in rural areas.

See photos from Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s visit to the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids

In order to claim the new tax exemption, seniors must file applications with their local assessor offices on or before July 1.

Odyssey also will provide the only place where Iowa families can use their state funding to purchase other educational items like books, computers or tutoring sessions

Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand held news conferences, met with lawmakers and gathered letters from bipartisan leaders to try to stop a bill that would limit his access to state records. Now, with Senate File 478 sitting on Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk awaiting her expected signature, Sand is taking his case on the road.