Educators are again asking for an increase of 5 percent in funding for Iowa public schools, saying it’s crucial for keeping up with inflation, managing increased operating costs and making up for decades of underfunding amid statewide declining school enrollment.
Many left-leaning states and cities are trying to protect their residents’ personal information amid the immigration crackdown. But a growing number of conservative lawmakers also want to curb the use of surveillance technologies, such as automated license plate readers, that can be used to identify and track people.
Iowa’s long-term care system remains under mounting pressure from workforce shortages, high turnover and a wave of facility closures that have left vulnerable residents traumatized and at risk, according to a new report from the Iowa Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
With higher education coming under a more permanent and scrutinizing legislative gaze last session with the establishment of a new standing committee in the Iowa House, chair Taylor Collins promised sustained focus on the state’s colleges and universities when the 91st General Assembly reconvenes on Monday.
After altering Iowa’s reproductive health care landscape in recent years through enacting a law restricting abortion access, state lawmakers will now see a new push to focus on the next target of anti-abortion advocates: the abortion pill.
A former Baxter police chief is charged with theft and misconduct in office
The American Cancer Society supported five bills aimed at cancer prevention and treatment in 2025, but only one passed. Lawmakers and advocates say they expect to see many of them resurface this year. But midterm politics and federal funding cuts could add to the challenges of getting them through the legislative process on time.
As property tax relief is expected to be a top priority for lawmakers in both parties during the 2026 Iowa legislative session, state Democratic leaders are split on how to address the issue.
With the 2026 Iowa legislative session just days away, renewed debate is expected over water quality, nitrate runoff and pesticide policy. Lawmakers, along with environmental and agricultural leaders, are preparing for discussions that could shape the state’s approach in the years ahead.
Subacute mental health programs are for people who do not need emergency hospitalization but need more intensive support than is available through outpatient care — a type of care that Iowans and officials said is extremely limited and difficult to access in the state.
The state agency described the proposed bill as ‘first-of-its-kind, comprehensive legislative package designed to support Iowa farmers’
Iowa is the first state in the country to receive the green light for a federal waiver approval that will allow it to circumvent some reporting and compliance requirements and have more discretion over the spending of federal education funds.
In 2021, the Iowa Board of Medicine charged Dr. Shafik N. Wassef, 42, an Iowa-licensed physician who formerly practiced in Iowa City, with violating patient privacy standards.
New Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Klimesh, R-Spillville, is introducing a new proposal in an attempt to break a 5-year legislative deadlock over eminent domain, carbon dioxide pipelines and landowner rights
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