State Government

The Iowa DOT will hold a public hearing from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday on its project to widen Interstate 380 and rebuild the interchange with Wright Brothers Boulevard.

A report from an advocacy group uses state and federal data to calculate owed wages that are not paid to Iowa workers

Also, Terrace Hill gets ready for Christmas

The Primary Source Sets — photos, maps, documents, audio recordings and even cartoons — cover more than 65 broad topics about Iowa and its role in the broader sweep of national and world history, including the Underground Railroad, women’s suffrage, the Cold War and the Iowa caucuses.

Iowa lost many older workers who are not being replaced by younger or new Iowans, the ISU professor says.

Also, Iowa’s new state income tax rates are set for 2023

Gov. Reynolds will conduct the annual event via video Tuesday.

Iowa could follow other states’ lead in reducing costs for business owners and patients through changing state taxing systems for medical marijuana, board members.

The bill was one of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ flagship policy proposals during the last session, and she campaigned this year on bringing a similar measure back in the next session.

Iowa has been allocated $2.2 billion under the infrastructure bill passed a year ago so far, according to the White House. That includes funds for road maintenance, airports, water quality and more. More funding will be allocated over the five-year span of the law.

On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast we review the results of the 2022 elections.

After Cedar Rapids’ casino dreams were thwarted by opponents earlier this year with a two-year moratorium on new gaming licenses, Linn County casino backers formed a political action committee ahead of November midterms and contributed about $50,000 to Iowa candidates.