State Government

Also, Fairfield becomes Iowa’s newest Main Street Community

Republican state Rep. Bobby Kaufmann will help lead his party’s supermajority after Iowa House Republicans elected him as majority leader Monday morning. He replaces former House Majority Leader Matt Windschitl, of Missouri Valley, who stepped down from his leadership role to focus on his campaign for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District.

Iowa has the nation’s seventh-highest net out-migration of young, educated people and the highest such figure in the Midwest, according to a report from Common Sense Institute Iowa

Also, Reynolds announces grant funding to expand child care access

Also, Attorney General urges Iowans to watch out for ticket scams ahead of Iowa State Fair

Iowa names new Medicaid director as the state adjusts to federal Medicaid work requirements, spending cuts and eligibility changes passed by state and federal lawmakers.

Also in the notebook, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird objects to a settlement in a lawsuit against the retail brokerage Charles Schwab

Iowa’s sales tax holiday this year begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 1 and ends at midnight before Sunday.

State Library of Iowa attributes delivery changes to “rising costs and federal budget uncertainty.”

A state law that bans most abortions after roughly 6 weeks of pregnancy appears to be driving down the number of abortions in Iowa but also driving up the number of Iowans having abortions in neighboring states with less restrictive policies

The judge’s order on Iowa’s new pharmacy benefit managers regulations, which partially halts its implementation, applies only to plaintiff businesses, their workers and health care agents.

Iowa law imposes stringent restrictions on the acceptance of gifts by public officials, employees and candidates. The goal is to protect the public trust and prevent conflicts of interest or the appearance of impropriety. But what does the law say? And how often is it broken?