State Government

A former worker in the University of Iowa’s Physics and Astronomy Machine Shop completed jobs for his personal business using university equipment, the audit says

Three Libertarian candidates for Congress have appealed a state panel’s ruling that disqualified their candidacies and put their spot on the Nov. 5 ballot in question. Now, a judge says election ballots should not be certified until their challenges have been heard.

Iowa Lt. Governor Adam Gregg has resigned from his position effective immediately, according to an announcement sent Tuesday by the governor’s office.

The Iowa Department of Corrections on Tuesday confirmed it is responding to cases of the highly contagious viral disease Mpox at a state prison.

OptumRx of Minnesota is asking a judge to declare that information the company provided the state in response to a solicitation for bids by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services is a trade secret and should be kept confidential.

Iowa has yet to implement large portions of a 2023 law that established new requirements and regular checks for Iowans receiving public assistance benefits to determine their eligibility.

3 Libertarian Congressional candidates are challenging the State Objections Panel’s 2-1 ruling that would remove them from the November ballot

Iowa’s Safe Haven Law allows parents in crisis who determine they cannot care for an infant up to 90 days old to relinquish the infant to the state

Bird said she plans to propose a constitutional amendment in the wake of an Iowa Supreme Court ruling that said defendants must be able to face witnesses, including children

Children in northwest Iowa’s Rock Valley School District, which was hit hard by June flooding, will start classes next week in a new temporary facility that was built in less than seven weeks at a cost of $2 million.

A new state law changed the funding and operations of Iowa’s nine Area Education Agencies; Gov. Reynolds said the changes will provide accountability and send more funding directly to schools

The Iowa Utilities Commission granted Summit Carbon Solutions a permit for its carbon dioxide pipeline system -- a move that was expected after the commission gave preliminary approval in June. But the company can’t start construction yet.