DES MOINES — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is suing tobacco companies to recover $133 million in withheld payments stemming from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement, he announced in a news conference Thursday.
Erik Helland, the governor’s appointee to the State Public Employment Relations Board, failed to earn Senate confirmation earlier this year
Maquoketa Caves State Park, where police say a man killed three people and himself, is set to reopen Thursday morning.
The appointment gives Iowa’s Republican governor a fifth appointment on the seven-member high court.
Also, a grant will help schools get food from local farmers
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: Iowa Poll results, US House votes on marriage equality & contraception, Iowa red flag laws, and state campaign fundraising numbers.
Also, the state records a record number of new business registrations in the recent state budget year
Democratic gubernatorial challenger Deidre DeJear said lagging poll numbers are a “barometer,” but don’t capture how Iowans feel about the state’s direction under Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds.
“Wearing a mask should be a personal decision, not a government mandate,” said U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, who represents the city in Congress. The city’s mandate encompasses only its public buildings.
The funding, made available through the bipartisan federal infrastructure law passed in 2021, will give grants to districts looking to swap old buses with more energy-efficient models.
Dr. Robert Kruse replaces Dr. Caitlin Pedati, who was at the center of the state’s pandemic response efforts and left the post last fall.
On June 26, the IowaWorks.gov website went down due to a cyberattack aimed at Geographic Solutions Inc., or GSI, the Florida-based company that maintains the site.
Fox News personality Tucker Carlson implored a crowd of evangelical Christians on Friday to be discerning and advocate for traditional and conservative policies.
Industry leaders say better government reimbursement rates are needed in order to better pay workers
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