State Government

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced the creation of the new unit; Iowa has not had a statewide cold case unit since 2011

Former Republican Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, who signed a 1983 law requiring utilities to produce a certain amount of their energy from renewable sources, said policymakers should be pursuing an "all of the above" approach to energy production, which includes fossil fuels and renewable sources.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Iowa state law that would have allowed the arrest and forced removal of immigrants in the country illegally if they had previously been denied entry.

Iowa is among the states suing companies collecting millions by injecting people with stem cells the FDA says have little to no benefits.

Also, the bird flu hits 2 more dairy cattle herds in Northwest Iowa

Sand says government bodies in small communities should police each other in order to prevent misuse of taxpayer dollars.

Also, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds appoints a district judge in Eastern Iowa

The USDA sends a team to Iowa to help test for the source of the infections in cows.

State is asking the federal appeals court to lift an injunction on the 2023 Iowa law.

Set to go into effect July 1, the law would allow state and local officials to deport immigrants who previously were deported or entered the country illegally

The goal is to have a Democrat facing off against a Republican in almost every election in the state, Democrats said during a fundraising dinner Saturday in Davenport. While the primary has passed, parties can still nominate candidates by convention.

Faced with the proliferation of hemp-derived THC, Iowa lawmakers passed new restrictions on the sale of consumable hemp products. In doing so, they limit parents who give their child CBD — for some, the only seizure drug that works.